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 training to do so, by a principal who saw stengths in me that I didn’t … [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 one of my favorite presenters. Why? He was a combination of Doc Brown (Back to … [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. One of the sessions that I attended at ASCD #empower17 wasn’t your typical session, because it was a movie screening! The authors of the book Turning High Poverty Schools … [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 am a huge fan of Hattie’s work shared in Visible Learning. If you are not familiar with this research, the key # to know is that when a strategy … [Read more…]
If you follow me on Twitter, then you know from my tweets that I just attended the ASCD Empower 17 conference in Anaheim, California. The last (and first) time I got to attend an ASCD conference was 4 years ago when it was in Chicago. This year’s conference came full circle for me, because in … [Read more…]