One little month away from the blog and literally everything has changed. What are you doing as a principal right now to help your people stay calm in this pandemic, while also taking care of you? I’m about ready for our structured, regularly stressful, typical work world to return. (Remember when STAAR test stress was […]
Strategies to avoid #PrincipalPanic in the pandemic…it’s a thing. Read More »
Our principal at Wylie High, Virdie Montgomery, is pretty great. He is someone who reflects regularly, praises often, and is always up for a good prank. One of my favorite things he shares is his thoughts on Facebook. This was a post of his from this past week that just made me stop and think.
Are you thinking about your “next” big adventure? Read More »
We’re closing out October. You know…the month with 5,000 events and what feels like just as many days? The first armpit of the school year? That October. Recognizing that self care is probably at the bottom of your to do list (as it was originally on mine!) I decided I needed a way to make
Self care for principals…it should be a priority! Read More »
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
How will you respond to a tough month? Read More »
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
Birthday book cart and #principalselfies Read More »
We had the opportunity to hear from Anthony Mohammad today as a leadership team. (How very fortunate am I that we have these kinds of opportunities as a district?!) It was a great presentation on the four skills of a transformational leader. I don’t know anyone who is a principal who wouldn’t want to be thought
Likeable vs Trustworthy Leadership Read More »
We get back to doing what we get to do on Monday. Our staff has a day of in-service and while the bulk of our day will be spent in planning, both vertically and as grade level teams, we do have a time set aside for us to come together as a staff and do a few fun
Kick off January with #oneoword2019 and other activities with your class/campus! Read More »
Melinda Miller and I joke about how October and February are the armpits of the school year. By October the newness of the year has worn off, the honeymoon is over and the hard work of growing students stretches out in front of you. As an administrator, one of the challenges is for you to mentally
Seasonally supportive..leadership through the ebbs and flows with the Enneagram Read More »
A couple of weeks ago I posted something on the Instagram about how I had a week where I felt like I was underwater the whole time. You’ve had those weeks, right? The ones where you are giving all that you’ve got but it doesn’t quite seem like enough? When your days are long and your nights
I wish you knew… #leadership Read More »
Here’s what we shared with our team this year in planning for our open house. More exciting…we have coupled our time with families on the same night as a home football and are hosting a “pirate picnic”…a time for us to come together, eat at the stadium, and then go cheer on our feeder pattern high school,
Planning an Open House? Make it a night to remember! Read More »