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Leadership book tasting…any book, any role! Build capacity with a book study…

1 Comment / Leadership, Leadership in Chaos / Amber

Educators are tired. Our plates are full and our brains are fried. Providing a book study for professional development doesn’t have to be boring. What if you engage and built leadership capacity via a book study…one that doesn’t look like it usually does? Knowing this, I still wanted to offer/facilitate an opportunity for leaders in […]

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Self care for principals…it should be a priority!

1 Comment / #leadwithappreciation, Campus ideas, Leadership, Principal / Amber

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

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Three ways to celebrate your staff in December at three different price points, plus a free download!

Leave a Comment / #fabulousyearfour, Freebies, Leadership / Amber

I love the holiday season. I love shopping for the perfect gift, at the perfect price, for the perfect “OH!” when they open it. I love celebrating my big Wolves and my small Wolves. I’ve done big things for my staff and some smaller type of things. Things that are all drawn out, and things that take just a few minutes,

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Are you intentional with your praise?

1 Comment / Principal / Amber

Gallup is very clear in its research how powerful praise and recognition can be in the workplace. With the gamut of to do’s on an educators plate, it can be easy for that to slip right off the prioritized list of things to get done. I read in a recent Gallup’s study that individuals who

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All about changes? Remember this… #IMMOOC & an @ASCD giveaway

6 Comments / #taketwo, Freebies, Leadership / Amber

It’s easy to have great ideas, or energy, or a big grand vision. The hard part is remembering that it is your experiences that led you to a place where those ideas, or big changes you want to make, is your reality. Making changes is not inherently bad, unless it’s at the expense of damaging

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Help curb teacher burnout with Fab Fridays in February!

Leave a Comment / #taketwo, Freebies, Principal, Staff Development, teacher leader / Amber

Teacher burnout…it’s a real thing. This stretch in the winter/spring is a LONG chunk of instructional intensity. You’ve got middle of the year data, you have testing awareness creeping up on you, and spring break is just outta reach. The genius of Melinda Miller introduced me to Fab Fridays in February several years ago and

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Holiday season…keep your head above water with these 3 tips! (And a give away!)

10 Comments / Freebies, Organization, Principal / Amber

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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12 days of giving…kindness! Paying it forward, #taketwo

1 Comment / #taketwo, Other / Amber

Instead of my usual 12 days of giving, this year I’m taking a page from the ever so smart Matt Arend, and focusing on being kind and paying it forward. There are a million different things you can do to brighten someone;s day and if we can help model that for our students, that would

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Differentiation is not difficult…3 easy ways to make it happen!

Leave a Comment / Classroom Integration / Amber

I love that my campus is full of educators who recognize the variances in students abilities. How completely overwhelming to look at 22 (or 44! or 66!) students and realize that in order to make instruction happen at their level, you’re going to have to make some instructional magic happen. We’re really focusing on a workshop

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