Fostering Grit
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…
Standard 2 for Administrators:
The school administrator fosters the success of all students by advocating, developing, nurturing, and sustaining a safe, positive, and academically engaging school climate.
Freeman Hrabowski at #ASCD13
I knew while hearing Freeman Hrabowski speak at #ASCD13 that his speech would be the one I include in my next Monday Musings post for my staff. He had such…
Do my teachers know how amazing they are?
Our school is fortunate to have so many amazing educators, but I recently shared with one of my teachers that I wanted to nominate her for a teaching award in…
Ready for the First Day of Bucket Filling!
I'm ready for the first day of school tomorrow and excited to kick off our Bucket Fillers theme for the year. Here's my blog post in pictures for you (because…
The No Complaining Rule
I've read a number of books by Jon Gordon and have never been disappointed. His books are quick reads, but always inspirational with powerful, positive messages. I recently read The…
Books for the first week…
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…
Relationships and the Number 96
*This is blog post #3 in the 2012 Summer Blog Challenge* In my last post, I shared what I learned from Willard Daggett speaking about Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships. Readers'…
Why our school recognizes honor roll in school pride assemblies
Over the past 6 months I have read numerous tweets and blog posts from other principals and teachers regarding doing away with Honor Roll and school assemblies recognizing students for…
Keeping the theme alive all year
Day 5 of blogging each day in June for the "Spilling Ink" ChallengeLast year was the first year that my staff voted on a school-wide theme for this year. We…
Singing "Kumbaya" to build unity as a school?
Day 4 of blogging each day in June for the "Spilling Ink" ChallengeI remember working in a previous district where my principal joked about us all getting to gether to…