I’ve previously written about my struggle to help my oldest son find a book that he likes to read, because I couldn’t find any on his favorite activity: Minecraft. If you haven’t heard about Minecraft, then you must be wearing ear plugs, because it is a game that many kids are obsessed with playing. I … [Read more…]
If you haven’t already heard it, here is the Google Hangout PrincipalCast Podcast with Todd Whitaker! It’s an hour of great discussion with Todd about keeping healthy, teacher morale, What Great Principals Do Differently, Dealing with Difficult Teachers, The Secret Solution and much more! If you don’t have time to sit and watch the hangout … [Read more…]
I recently finished reading the book Fostering Grit, which is an ASCD Arias book (it is short enough to read in a 1 hour sitting) written by Thomas R. Hoerr. Every great educator knows that we can not only teach students content; that we must also teach character traits such as respect, responsibility, kindness, etc. Hoerr … [Read more…]
We are fortunate in our district to have an XPD program: a variety of scheduled Extra Professional Development opportunities taught by staff throughout the district that staff members can choose to attend what they would like to learn more about. This week I attended a session by one of our great teachers on how to … [Read more…]
School administrators encounter so many interesting situations that they were never prepared to deal. Even graduate level school leadership courses cannot prepare you for what actually happens. So often as we share stories of difficult situations with an administrative colleague we find ourselves saying, “I can’t make this stuff up!” because it is just so … [Read more…]