A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

To help achieve an ROI we increased the number of formal observations and evaluations, collected learning artifacts (lesson plans, assessments, student work, etc.) It’s been a few years now since I left the principalship to pursue my new career as a Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE).

Artifacts 247

Artifacts Leadership Advocacy Lesson Plan 247

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

We create entire units and lesson plans well before meeting them, let alone take the time to build meaningful connections with our students. The group of students decided they wanted to focus their advocacy on teacher practice. I will take more time to learn my students’ stories.”

Humanities 122

Humanities Leadership Advocacy Lesson Plan 122

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

In dozens of interviews, Summit leadership, education researchers, and the people who teach and learn in schools that use Summit agreed that the platform offers a systematic way to achieve the otherwise complicated, messy objective of personalizing learning. She finds the program gives her extra time to meet individual kids’ needs.

Junior High 129

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 129

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Meanwhile, at New York City’s first net-zero school, the Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability (P.S. My lesson plan is: Here’s a problem. RELATED: A school district is building a DIY broadband network.

K-12 111

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Mike Flom, a parent and co-founder of the advocacy group New Jersey Parents and Teachers for Appropriate Education, said many factors impact inclusion’s effectiveness. She has learned through experience how to teach students with a variety of disabilities, and works with a veteran special education teacher to modify lesson plans and tests.

Middle School 96

Middle School Professional Development Teaching Advocacy 96

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

But as Grimes’ star rose statewide, according to local educators and residents, his relationship with city leadership started to unravel. Experts, books, videos, detailed lesson plans — to teachers at the time, it felt like a blur of continuous learning. Slowly, educators began sharing strategies and co-teaching classes.

High School 145

High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In an interview, Mississippi Superintendent of Education Carey Wright said many factors, including financial need, trouble recruiting teachers, school climate and leadership issues, often converge in districts that are underperforming. One ninth grader wondered whether freshmen would still have to take the biology state test.

Private School 143

Private School High School Public School Economics 143