I am privileged enough to work at a campus that is incredibly diverse. From ethnicity to abilities, we are surrounded by Wolves that aren’t all the same. While that is ALWAYS true of all our campuses, I am fortunate enough to have two self contained classrooms that make my heart so happy. In addition, each […]
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Dr. Maricela Helm is a principal peer of mine here in Wylie ISD. Each week we send each other our staff newsletters. It’s not for accountability purposes, or to show off, but because we each value the jump start we give each other. (We also try to meet once a month for lunch as a
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Bless it. I do, I promise. Mostly though? I blog in my head. I think through the title, the content, and action takeaways…but the actual GET TO THE BLOG part is where it all falls apart!! HA! again…bless it. Where’ve I been? Starting YEAR 5 as principal and partner with our amazing
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During the summer months, my word is relatively calm and quiet. The halls and classrooms and halls are silent. Luckily last week my former (sigh.) counselor came by to see me. I am always actually smarter after she leaves me, which is a rare gift. This time we had a great conversation about the people
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One of my favorite things to do is to reward our staff. We’re going to give away birthday books this year, and thanks to our Staff Appreciation and Morale group on Facebook, there’s no end to the clever ideas shared. Leaders from all over share how they treat, appreciate, reward their teams throughout the year.
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I recently had an opportunity to take our leadership team away for an overnight retreat. We’ve had retreats in the past, and they’ve been on site and usually right before the beginning of the year. When meeting with our fab friends at Boosterthon, one mentioned how much cooler a leadership ADVANCE was than a leadership
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What in the world did principals do years ago without the IG and FB groups of the world? All the great ideas are ideas that people share that you can adapt, tweak, and make your own just make my principal world so happy. For example, the great Jessica Gomez on IG shared her
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My mind is going 90 mph these days and in trying to keep up with what I want to do NOW versus what I want to remember to do for back to school & fall…I needed a very specific checklist. So I made one! If you’re like me and straddling your day to day NOW
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Ah, the glorious calmness of June and July! This is where, hopefully, as leaders, we can pause, reflect, rest and rejuvenate! Here are a few things you can add to your plate for the next couple of months…one to read, one to plan, and one to HELP. If you haven’t read Abby Wambach’s new book,
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We are fortunate to have learning specialists who support our crew in Wylie ISD. This strategy came through and I thought it was a GREAT way to not only extend learning but to PUSH those high achievers! Heather Buckley, our advanced academics learning specialist, shared that Chris White taught her about his “Math Masters”. While
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