We all have bad days. We all have days where things didn’t go right…or as planned. Days that derail even th most positive of attitudes. The real question is what you do when you have them. As a teacher, your mood affects the class. As an administrator, your mood affects the building. (When the principal […]
It’s the little things…how to bounce back from a bad day! Read More »
I am honored to be nominated for a Sunshine Award. Blogger, principal, runner, ad cab caller extraordinaire Ben Gilpin…@benjamingilpin nominated my blog for the Sunshine award. I was lucky enough to meet Ben (albeit ever so briefly) at ISTE this year. I am motivated by his weekly memo to his staff that he shares on his
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What do you get when you combine a free walkie talkie app, a New Yorker, some Wisconsins, a Missouri-an, and a Texan? Day after day after day of professional advice, personal support, and a LOT of smiles. Jessica Johnson introduced me to Voxer while planning our Indiana Leadership presentation. I have to admit, I didn’t
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Have you ever felt like things were moving too fast? Like things weren’t getting your full attention? Like you were overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start? Three “strategies” I’ve employed this year to help me “manage” the workload have made a difference in keeping up with my whirlwind of a world. The first mental
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Gamification is all the rage within edu circles. It has tremendous potential in the education space. How can we use it to deliver truly meaningful experiences to students? The inforgraphic at the bottom can provide background, some how’s and some why’s educators might want to think about gameifying. At it’s core, gamification is simply adding the
Campus level…gamification! Read More »
One of the challenges, regardless of your population, is figuring out a way to get all of your families involved at school. We sometimes have the mentality that the parents that we NEED to see are the ones we have a hard time reaching, but as Matt Gomez recently posted, we may need to step
Parents & your vision… Read More »
Never under estimate a team of creative teachers who want to show off their creative students. Our kinder team hosted a lunch and learn for their parents last week. With November being a month of family engagement, this just tied right in! After 30 minutes in classrooms, parents also got to enjoy lunch wit their
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While preparing for my upcoming edWeb.net webinar, (which is free and open for registration!) “Become a PD Pro! Best Practices for Administrators” I decided to tackle a couple of books in my ever growing stack of “must reads” I came across William Sterrett’s “Short on Time” and thought it seemed applicable. These new publications are GENIUS.
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5 Key Strategies for ELL Instruction By Rebecca Greene (This article was orginally published in an ASCD brief. Ms. Greene’s contributions have the voice of a teacher, which are powerful! ) English Language Learners (ELLs) face the double challenge of learning academic content as well as the language in which it is presented. Teachers have traditionally
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I wrote about managing time over on the School Admin Virtual Mentoring Program blog this week and it really resonated with something a couple of assistant principals’ and I recently discussed. We’re all working late and we’re all working hard. I think that’s just educators as a whole in this trying time of national pressure and low
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