A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2013

This post is the sixth in a series that will outline the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. Change Digital Leadership Dwight Carter Innovation PIllars of Digital Leadership'

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DECEMBER 8, 2013

This post is the fourth in a series that will outline the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. Digital leaders seize the opportunity to grow and learn like never before through a connected model of leadership.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Leaders who have deeper and more lasting impact provide more comprehensive leadership than focusing just on higher standards. Educational Leadership, 59(8), 16-21. Common Core ELL English Language Learners Guest Blog Post Guest Blogger Leadership' Michael Fullan, 2002, p. Honigsfeld, A., & & Cohan, A. The change leader.

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AUGUST 14, 2022

While the pandemic has undoubtedly played a monumental role in decreasing morale, other factors continuously play a role, such as leadership, mandates, lack of time, systems that are in place, a toxic culture, inadequate pay, or trying to maintain a work-life balance. However, this is easier said than done. Deci, E. &

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MARCH 16, 2014

His work really made me critically reflect upon my leadership practices. The power of social media then connected the both of us leading to him Skyping with the students at New Milford High School, a personal dialogue over the years, and his endorsement of my new book on Digital Leadership.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

That's the power of transparent leadership. Being a transparent leader isn’t just a style; it’s a commitment to honesty, openness, and integrity, something I elaborate on in Digital Leadership. Trust is foundational to effective leadership, and transparency serves as a critical enabler (Burke, Sims, Lazzara, & Salas, 2007).

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JULY 9, 2014

Image credit: [link] Almost ten years ago, I was presented with an opportunity to begin my educational leadership career at NMHS. This is why I will be joining Scholastic at the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) and with Scholastic Achievement Partners (SAP) as a Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership.

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AUGUST 31, 2014

The problem is that the majority of educators in 2014 still feel this way. My problem, as I now often reflect back upon how I used to perceive social media, was that I was not educated on how this tool could improve leadership and learning. connected educators Digital Leadership Opinion Personal Learning Network'

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AUGUST 15, 2014

This post is my contribution to Leadership Day 2014. Over the past few years my work has been aligned to digital leadership and has ultimately defined me as an educator, leader, and person. 21st Century Leadership Change Digital Leadership Innovation Jared Wastler Laura Fleming Leadership Day 2014 legacy Spike Cook'

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

“ More blood means more energy and oxygen, which makes our brain perform better.” – Justin Rhodes Spending time in schools as a leadership and learning coach has been some of the most gratifying work I have done. The best part is the conversations that I get to have with learners, especially at the elementary level. Browning C.,

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MAY 7, 2017

Branding matters in the changing world of learning, fueled by powerful digital resources (Sheninger, 2014). School leaders build a positive brand presence in the name of school improvement, to advance better teaching, learning and leadership, and to develop stronger school communities. The importance of trust in leadership.

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JUNE 28, 2015

Image credit: https://cbsnewyork.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/makerspace.jpg?w=640 When embarking on this initiative don't discount the importance of leadership during the planning, implementation, and evaluation process. All hope is not lost though for any school looking to create a better learning environment that works for kids.

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AUGUST 2, 2015

In a 2014 Forbes article , Richard Tiland makes some significant points when it comes to video and leadership. There is no denying the power of video in society. For example: The use of video is so ubiquitous in our everyday lives; it has become part of our subconscious.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Image credit: [link] Fast forward to 2014 and my district, like many others, now uses an automated notification service. I now, like everyone else in the district, receive a pushed out call with a message that district leadership develops. Change Communication Digital Leadership Opinion Social Media' Talk about convenience.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Yesterday was the tenth day since I launched Digital Leadership Daily. The challenges of digital leadership. A new resource for school administrators: Digital Leadership Daily. – Leadership Day 2014. Leadership and Vision leadership tech leadership vision' Related Posts.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report Before 2014, state vocational rehabilitation agencies primarily worked with adults. For 10 years, the states pre-employment program has languished, with leadership turnover and bureaucratic infighting rendering it largely ineffective. It’s just dysfunctional.

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APRIL 2, 2017

I had just finished back-to-back projects that resulted in Digital Leadership and Uncommon Learning, which took up a great deal of my time. We scratched the surface in 2013 as I worked with her to include a chapter on branding in Digital Leadership, which later came out early in 2014. However, there was more to this story.

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MARCH 25, 2018

It was during one of these presentations at the National Association of Secondary School Principals Conference that I was asked by Corwin to consider writing Digital Leadership. The publication of Digital Leadership in 2014 changed everything for me as the book performed exceptionally well and continues to do so.

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MARCH 13, 2016

In the 2014-15 school year, we earned a 97.9% A highlight of the 2016 Model Schools Conference will be welcoming the North Kansas City School District leadership and hearing more about their implementation of the Rigor/Relevance Framework. Be sure to check them out on Twitter.

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MARCH 15, 2012

One of my goals when I present on leadership, change, and transformation is to inspire other school leaders to begin to blog. We hope to roll out a 1:1 initiative during the 2013-2014 school year. With that being said please welcome Paul Vieira , Principal of East Bridgewater High School (MA), to the blogosphere.

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JANUARY 7, 2018

When I work with schools, especially in a coaching role, I routinely ask educators to share with me how they are empowering students to own their learning or ways in which they are transforming teaching, learning, and leadership. We weren’t always successful, but in the end, we succeeded more than we failed.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Credit: Manuel Orbegozo for The Hechinger Report California has been a leader in prison education programs, starting with a 2014 rule authorizing state funding for community colleges to set up programs for students who are incarcerated. Because of the involvement of senior leadership,” she said, “Cal Poly Humboldt’s was the easiest by far.”

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

White settlers were either unwilling or unable to recognize that a renegade band of Cheyenne and Arapaho had committed the atrocities— not the warriors under the leadership of Black Kettle and Left Hand. The Dog Soldiers raided several white settlements, once killing a family of four. Courage comes in many forms.

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MARCH 20, 2020

Our chief instigators are… Yong Zhao , @yongzhaoed | Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Education, University of Kansas; Professor in Educational Leadership, Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Huinker led a math education revolution in the district when, between 2004 and 2014, almost every teacher in Milwaukee Public Schools received this type of training. After the partnership ended in 2014, standardized test scores in math continued to rise incrementally. We had such a strong leadership base,” she said.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2015

This keynote focuses on transformative leadership mindsets and features exemplary schools from around the world that are ignoring the ‘yes, buts’ to make amazing things happen for children and youth. – Leadership Day 2013. Two awesome tech leadership webinars for our Connected Educator Month book club. Happy viewing!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

neither do most Educational Leadership profs, sadly). Does the section, “Using the Standards” provide you with sufficient direction about how the standards might be used to improve leadership at the state and local level? Standards are necessarily vague. There’s no meaning made there.

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Digital Promise

JULY 12, 2022

Verizon Innovative Learning Schools have been doing just that since 2014. A successful rollout requires detailed coordination across the district, IT teams, and school leadership. The program provides devices with internet access to more than 550 Title I middle and high schools across the country.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 17, 2018

A ‘grand challenge’ for building-level leaders might be a leadership issue such as: turning around a low-achieving school; repairing a dysfunctional school staff culture; preparing future-ready graduates; meeting the needs of students with unique needs (including ELL/ESL, special education, gifted, transitory; etc.); Did You Know?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

By recruiting and then mentoring new teachers of color, listening to these teachers’ requests, supporting the development of culturally responsive curricula and promoting educators of color into administrative and district leadership positions, Phoenix Union is getting steadily closer to aligning its teacher and student populations.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Data show there is plenty of room for improvement in leadership ranks: The most recent survey of 1,662 U.S. Latino students are also underrepresented at top schools. Related: Why more black students are enrolling in historically black colleges. colleges found only 6 percent were led by black presidents (13.3 percent of the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2017

On May 25, the Nevada-based management group of the New Orleans charter school, Crescent Leadership Academy, announced the firing of its principal, Nicholas Dean. Rite of Passage , the chain that manages Crescent Leadership Academy, then determined he wasn’t a good fit for the job. Eighty-four percent of its population is black.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

citizen or permanent resident research doctoral recipients in 2014 were black and 6.5 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, added 539 instructional staff members in 2014, more than any other higher-education institution. Yet the nation’s demographics are changing rapidly: In 2014, according to the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Related: How Texas plans to make access to advanced math more equitable When Reed expanded detracking across ninth-grade math classes in the 2014-15 school year at Blythewood High, the effort involved more than just bringing all students together into several Algebra 1 courses. “It’s just removing the harm,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A small group of teachers in Milwaukee are trying to return to math strategies the district used from 2004-2014. Some of the teachers who were in the classroom in the early 2000s are now holding leadership positions in the district. Our conversation below has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Since they opened in 2014, Brooklyn LAB has embraced the idea of “personalized learning,” a trend in schools intended to tailor learning to students’ individual needs and interests. School leaders wanted to include their input as they plan the opening of a new high school in 2017 (check out the story here ).

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 14, 2019

During the school’s first year as part of the Verizon Innovative Learning schools initiative, Newburg coach Chelsea Haynes, with the backing of her school leadership, made sure that teachers had the support they need to explore new ideas and try new tools to better meet the needs of their students. “If If I need something, she’s there.

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