While researching standards for my post on leadership, I discovered the tenets of leadership as defined by the state of Texas. Intrigued, I decided to delve a bit deeper into each standard, and see how it truly relates to my role. While these standards could establish what defines a leader on paper, I want to […]
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Last year the Voxer group of principals that I talk to daily went back and forth on a “12 days” of Christmas idea as a way to give a lil’something to each staff member. None of the ideas were very big, or cost a lot of money, they were all just little things/ways to show
Staff gifties…the 12 days of Christmas giving! Read More »
Tony Sinanis recently blogged about his big “three” as an admin and challenged me to write about what I think might be my big three. While I completely agree with his three: “be the ears, be the voice, and be the culture”, it would be redundant to say mine are the same. Instead I’ll share
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The evolution of this blog has come a long way. It began as a tool I used in my fourth grade classroom. It then became a place I could share all of the great things I was seeing in classrooms and share techie resources as a technology facilitator. It then became a place to share
If the blog title fits…goodbye, Technically yours, Teamann! Read More »
Taking part in the #EDUDO movement, I thought I would share a couple of tips and tricks discussed in our admin meeting last week on providing feedback. There was an ASCD post recently from Robyn Jackson that highlighted 4 ways to give effective feedback. There was a post in the Washington Post that came to
#EDUDO: Giving feedback…easy ways to make it happen! Read More »
Flipping PD for educators allows them to do much of their own learning at home, at their own pace, and improves the time spent together in a large group. During the ASCD Educator Effectiveness Institute, Engaged and Inspired: High-Impact Strategies to Motivate and Challenge Each Learner, attendees will take part in both online and on-site
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Happy Monday! We have some amazing learning specialists that work with our campus who are practically mind readers. I had a writing day post ready to go and then I received more resources so I’ve added hers below as well. (Thanks, Laura Moore!) We all know writing is a life-long skill. Students are writing
Resources for National Writing Day….errrr…Week! Read More »
We have another opportunity to participate in an edcamp this month! EdcampDallas is being held October 25th, 2014 at Wylie East High School. The tweetup, an opportunity to see and meet some virtual connections, will be held Friday night at 6pm at Houlihans. Why should you give up a Saturday to go to an edcamp?
edcampDallas hosted by Wylie ISD! October 25, 2014 Read More »
One think after twelve years in education, I would have experienced this before. But I hadn’t. I was fortunate enough to have worked with this young lady, (young because 58 just isn’t old) for over three years. We had a connection beyond just being her assistant principal, because she and I? Were Cowboy fans. Like
We buried a teacher today… Read More »
Even though it looks different for each learner, being a connected educator simply means leveraging technology to expand one’s personal learning network. Doing so not only provides you with a network of like-minded people, but also inspires you to try new activities and strategies to create the most effective learning environment for your students. No one
It’s Connected Educator Month! (Huh? What?) #CE14 Read More »