If you follow my blog then you know that I’m an avid reader with a goal to read 55 books this year(you can read it in this post). So far, I have read 31 books since January and have a stack of books that have piled up that I look Read more…
One of my Reading Resolutions for 2013 is to use Goodreads to track my books, maintain a to-read list and connect with others for reading. I used Goodreads years ago, but switched to Shelfari when I wanted to have a widget on my blog to show what I have been Read more…
For 2011 I read 26 books and then almost doubled it this past year with a total of 51 books. Out of that 51, 30 were fiction and 21 were non-fiction. These titles included professional education books, novels for personal enjoyment, parenting books and chapter books I read to my Read more…
In my last post I shared my learning from a full day workshop with Donalyn Miller and what ideas we will be implementing in our school as a result of this learning. After grade level meetings and a full faculty meeting, here is a post on my staff memo that Read more…
In my last post I shared some tips to get started with informal walkthroughs. After posting it, I received this question on twitter: So, here are the books I read in classrooms during the first week of school… During my first year as Principal, I read: This was my favorite Read more…
Blog 8 of Spilling Ink Challenge Summer is a time to rejuvenate…this usually means that I finally catch up on professional reading that I’ve wanted to do all year long, but didn’t find the time for. Here’s my summer reading list:Difficult Conversations : How to Discuss What Matters Most No Read more…