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 […]
Holiday season…keep your head above water with these 3 tips! (And a give away!) Read More »
We all know I am a football fan and have written about the parallels between leadership and both the quarterback and coach before. This week I had the parallels opportunity to attend an RTI conference by Solution Tree. One session, by Brian Butler spoke to the need for collaboration of philosophy and resources to support your struggling
A leader is a team player or…be more like @tonyromo #taketwo #RTIAW Read More »
I’ve mentioned before that one of the things I think that impacted my leadership last year was that I put all of the “me” things on the back burner, including my own growth as a leader. In years previous, I was very active on twitter leader chats, participating in conversations, I was more involved with my
Ways to keep growing as a leader… #taketwo Read More »
My beast, who is a freshman this year, is taking a heavy course load. She has all Pre-AP or AP classes..has added three clubs to her plate, in addition to playing high school basketball. She is loving it, but… High school is hard ya’ll. I had to get her two different Cliff’s notes to help
Generic doesn’t count…or why principals should be SPECIFIC! #taketwo Read More »
With just 18 days alllllll to myself, I have developed a stringent plan to get all my professional reading in. While I would usually say that my break was for fluff reading…I’ve been doing pretty well on that, 🙂 and need to get all these books in that I’ve been collecting on my desk read
Summer reads: 10 books to consider when #principalplanning Read More »
This summer I find myself able to actually THINK ahead…something last summer didn’t allow, as I had NO idea what I was supposed to even be thinking about! I’m a planning nerd, which is surprising considering how much is always happening in this role. Someone shared via Twitter recently, ” The principal’s day is spent
Tips & tricks to planning as a principal, part 1 Read More »
It’s over. It’s done. I will never be a first-year principal again. <<insert wiggle dance>> That spring semester is no joke. As evidenced by my lack (no, really, LACK) of blog posts would suggest, May was fast and furious. I took a ton of notes, which means hopefully I will have time to process and
Now hiring: A principal mentor… #thefirstyear Read More »
A destructive hail storm pummeled North Texas this past Monday evening. The hail caused significant damage to homes and cars in our little ISD, even causing us to cancel school Tuesday, for a “hail day”. (Everything’s bigger in Texas, right?) From golf ball sized hail at my house to SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL in another neighborhood…we were hit
Leadership during severe weather, lessons learned! #thefirstyear Read More »
I’ve said before that there is no manual that comes with a leadership role. How very much easier it would be in life if every time you had a question or were presented with a situation, you could simply turn to the relevant page and see how it should be addressed. But we all know
How do you know if you’re doing a good job? #thefirstyear Read More »
What’s that? Am I writing something in ADVANCE?? Or is it that I couldn’t sleep and decided that the 4am hour just might could be a productive one? 🙂 I’ll never tell! There is a voxer group of my PLN peeps that have genuinely become friends. We voxed pretty much every day for a good
Make your Fridays in February…fabulous! #thefirstyear Read More »