Standard 1 for Administrators:
The school administrator drives the success of each learner through collaborative implementation of a shared vision of teaching and learning that leads to student academic progress and school improvement.
I’ve previously shared my learning from reading Donalyn Miller’s book Reading in the Wild, but am grateful to have had the opportunity to hear her keynote on her research and practices within this book at the Wisconsin State Reading Association Convention (#WSRA15). I am always inspired by hearing and reading Read more…
This months’ School Administrator Virtual Mentor Program blogging/discussion prompt is on Growth Mindset. I feel that I have always had a Growth Mindset by nature, which I credit for having the drive to learn how to do many different things and have a hard-working ethic. It was only once I Read more…
This months’ School Administrator Virtual Mentor Program blogging/discussion prompt is on admin credibility. As the prompt states, “In any profession, if people feel you do not understand their work, your credibility lacks, often leading to a lack in leadership.” When I became an administrator I made a personal commitment to not Read more…
My next several Monday Musings posts for staff will be sharing my learning as I read Donalyn Miller’s Reading in the Wild. Here’s this week’s post for our staff: I’m continuing to share what I learn as I read Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller. (Previous posts are here and here.) Read more…
My next several Monday Musings posts for staff will be sharing my learning as I read Donalyn Miller’s Reading in the Wild. Here’s this week’s post for our staff: As I shared in last week’s Monday Musings, Habit 1 of “Wild Readers” is that they dedicate time to read. I am Read more…
My next several Monday Musings posts for staff will be sharing my learning as I read Donalyn Miller’s Reading in the Wild. Here’s this week’s post for our staff: Read Across America week is probably my favorite week of the year, because I love reading and love any opportunity to Read more…
For the past couple of months my evenings and weekends have been devoted to wrestling. This is a new sport for me, but one my family is enjoying together as we watch and encourage my 8 year-old in a sport that he has found to love. We have now been 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 Read more…
In addition to the many great books that ASCD publishes, they have now started coming out with ASCD Arias Publications ; shorter books in print or ebook. The value of the aria is that they are each short enough to read in one sitting, yet filled with great information on the Read more…
I’ve previously written about using the Educreations app in the classroom, but now the app got even better! I’d like to say to say that I had a part in it, but it’s only because I tweeted to @Educreations about a feature that I hoped would improve and they responded Read more…