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 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 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…
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 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 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…