Even though I have read every book by Jon Gordon, including One Word, I have never created a One Word goal. I have enjoyed seeing others’ goals and reading their blog posts to continue to learn and grow from other Read more…
Ok, so I have been very absent from the blog world, but have been very deep in reflecting and writing. I co-wrote another book that is coming out in a few weeks and am so grateful to have collaborated with Read more…
Recently I had the opportunity to hear Alexis Wiggins talk about Spider Web Discussions, a topic I had never even heard of before. I was immediately hooked on this mindset as she shared findings on research good managers that apply Read more…
I write this during a rare moment of calmness on the 10th day of being at Children’s Hospital in Madison with my 11 year old son, Nathan. This crazy journey started with something we love…baseball. It was just an ordinary Read more…
This summer, I’ve joined other educators in reading the book Becoming a Literacy Leader by Jennifer Allen and have been learning from the others reading this book in their blog post contributions at readingbyexample.com run by Matt Renwick (fellow Wisconsin principal and #WIAmigo). Read more…
One of my good principal friends, Amber Teamann, started a blog series this July called #askanadmin. In this series of posts this summer, you’ll find answers from oustanding practicing school leaders to tackle many of the questions that aspiring administrators Read more…
This post first appeared in Education Week’s Finding Common Ground. Finding Common Ground, a blog run by Peter DeWitt for Education Week has been one of my favorites to read, learn and grow from each week. He has just shared Read more…
Each year in our school we use a week of NCAA March Madness to promote colleges. For several years now, during this week, teachers are allowed to wear jeans (always a plus for climate!) while wearing college shirts and take Read more…
Never in my life did I ever aspire to be a principal…until I became one! My first year out of the classroom was to serve as an Instructional Coach. I was so fortunate to have been given the opportunity and Read more…
This is one of several posts that I have to reflect on and share my learning from the sessions I attended at the ASCD #Empower17 conference. I have never heard of or read any Jeffrey Benson‘s books, but he is now Read more…