Over the years I have come to know Matt Renwick, fellow WI Principal known as @ReadbyExample on Twitter, as a wise literacy leader and tech guru that I love to learn from. As our school continued to add technology and then implemented our 1:1 iPad program this year, he was a colleague that often shared … [Read more…]
Innovation and Leadership: Strategies & Tips from Three Authors On Sunday, May 4th, join the @PrincipalCast team (including@DrSpikeCook @PrincipalStager) for an interactive discussion on the TeacherCast network with three @ASCD authors (@markbarnes19@fisher1000 and @billsterrett ) as they discuss learning, innovating, and leading in education. If you have never listened to the podcast, we broadcast live at 8:30 pm CST … [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 to 6 tournaments with the … [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…]
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 forward to read this summer. … [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 matter how many difficult conversations … [Read more…]