A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

During my ten years as a school leader I dreaded professional development days in my district. I am not sure any educator looks forward to these monotonous experiences (developed under the guise of learning!) I attended many of these events just to meet the required hours of professional development.

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2023

The right team, professional development and buy-in are essential to transformative digital learning, according to leaders of some of the largest K–12 school districts in the U.S. By adopting an experiential and student-centered professional development approach, educational leaders can empower teachers to drive transformative change.

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Edthena

MARCH 29, 2022

Director of Professional Development Helen Martin and Coordinator of Professional Development Amy French presented about how they use Edthena to build capacity, trust, growth, and goals among coaches and teachers. To support the many first- and second-year teachers in Lee County, teacher leadership is developed.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. They labeled it their ‘21st Century Leadership Academy.’ And we can build on all of that to start implementing new instructional and leadership paradigms in schools and classrooms.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2017

It was in this position that I really began to learn about effective leadership. In lieu of a non-instructional duty, teachers could request a yearlong administrative internship where they assisted with day-to-day leadership tasks. One reviewer of Digital Leadership said the book shouldn’t be published.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2021

Establishing a strong culture of coaching, however, requires structures to be in place in a school or district such as designated time for coaching, and ongoing professional development for coaches and administrators. Popular micro-credentials included: Visionary Leadership for Technology. Creating Digital Citizens.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

Principals and school leaders need professional development so that they can better advocate for their teachers and students. They changed my life, and we need more of them I think about where I would be if I didn’t have the support of my colleagues, mentors and leadership team and had instead left the profession.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Everyone that knows me is well aware of my professional affinity for Twitter. As I have previously mentioned many times on this blog, it was Twitter back in March of 2009 that served as a catalyst for my transformation into the leader that I am today. educational leadership educational technology Twitter'

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Digital Promise

JUNE 5, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. No cookie-cutter solution can work in teachers’ professional development—and none can work in teaching policy, either. But that is the point.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 5, 2022

students’ leadership capacity through The Leader in Me framework; competency-based education and student progressions; deeper learning modalities in their schools, classrooms, and external partnerships; and. Workshop 2 (leadership teams) = leadership challenges related to deeper learning.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 11, 2022

I’ve been blogging about bringing in outside helpers… Some good questions to ask before hiring an outside helper. The weakest area of most school computing plans is the leadership. Put your outside helpers to work. or did we just waste everyone’s time?]. Can we actually do something differently as a result of their visit?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2010

The construction of a PLN enables educators to harness the power inherent in 21st Century technologies in order to create a professional growth tool that is accessible whenever, wherever. Blogs : Incredible sources of information that allow educators to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics.

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A Principal's Reflections

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. I remember years ago my initial hesitation to blog until Ken Royal encouraged me to submit a guest post on his blog at the time almost three years ago. Below is his first blog post as an educator.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

21st Century Leadership Shift Happens (must see video for any educator unfamiliar with the tends and impacts associated with technology and social media. Principals can use social media for communication, public relations, branding, professional development, and opportunity. Check out this video for more information about blogs.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2013

In collaboration with my staff and the support of District leadership, my efforts have laid the foundation for an innovative teaching and learning culture that focuses on preparing all students for success. Change educational leadership educational technology Innovation Opinion' That and being digitally resilient.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Visit the Digital Promise Maker Learning Leadership Framework to access more resources and tools to support your work. Innovative Learning Spaces.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Here’s some of what I wrote: ENGAGEMENT UDL Guideline(s): Recruiting Interest, Sustaining Effort & Persistence, Self Regulation Tool(s): Blogging platforms such as WordPress or Squarespace. One such tool for me when it comes to the UDL principle of Engagement is a blog. Similarly, the interactive nature of blogs (e.g.,

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. We will explore this opportunity in our next blog post. Some compelling examples are emerging.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2013

It was a great opportunity to not only get to exchange ideas with Eric regarding technology’s role in the classroom, but to see the learning community that has been nurtured and developed at his school. BYOD Guest Blog Post Guest Blogger New Milford High School PGP professional growth period'

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2022

I served on the initial advisory board for ISTE’s Standards for Education Leaders (back then, they were the NETS-A) and in 2016 I received ISTE’s global Award for Outstanding Leadership. I have worked with ISTE in a number of other service and professional learning roles and currently am serving as one of ISTE’s Community Leaders.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

“The hardest challenge you will face is not changing yourself, but convincing or empowering your colleagues to embrace change.” – Eric Sheninger If you are reading this blog, trying out new ideas, implementing innovative strategies, or attending meaningful professional learning opportunities then chances are you embrace change.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to me to address administrators looking to embrace social media, plan an educational technology conference at my school, and discuss leadership in the digital age.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2019

The idea was to expose our preservice administrators at the University of Colorado Denver to a variety of ways to foster and facilitate adult learning beyond schools’ traditional, moribund professional development sessions. Professional development [VIDEO]. Making learning a part of everyday work. Technology PD.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2011

Nor do they care to engage me in a discussion as to why I spend valuable time with Twitter or my blog. by Lyn Hilt Is Blogging Really Worth It? by Justin Tarte Blog on, Principal, but Relationships Come First: Lessons from RISD''s Maeda by Jonathan Martin Let’s face it, we can all agree that we could use more time in the day.

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Edthena

MAY 11, 2021

Co-author of The Distance Learning Playbook and literacy and leadership expert Doug Fisher has implemented new techniques to informally check for understanding in nontraditional ways as a K-12 teacher. Doug Fisher was interviewed by Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller for the teacher professional development blog PLtogether.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

I would think that number would be higher for those who wanted to do one but couldn’t,” Katie Nailler, director of the college’s Career and Professional Development Institute, said. Web story: Looking for an internship? About a quarter of interns receive offers to extend or get hired full time, Holroyd Pearce said.

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Digital Promise

MAY 18, 2021

We have continued to offer our college and career readiness initiative, The Saturday Leadership Program , in a virtual setting in which we expose scholars to different college environments. In addition, we have developed a youth-led event series, The Kickback Conversation Series.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

The following is a guest blog post by Dr. Franklin Turner who recently visited my school. professional development, the equipment and hands on guidance) for them to be successful with the effective implementation of these technologies in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

To support teachers in design, districts offered flexible professional development models offered in multiple modalities, centered in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practices and peer-collaboration approaches to support teachers in creating and engaging students. Roundtable Participants.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 28, 2019

Yesterday I blogged an update on the 7-day Innovation Academy that we are conducting for 72 school leaders in North Dakota. Today I thought I’d share that we are about to launch a new initiative in Virginia. The first round of the Virginia Is for Learners Innovation Network will launch in March and run through December of this year.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 27, 2019

Back in October I blogged that CASTLE and I were launching a 7-day Innovation Academy for school leaders in North Dakota. The weakest area of most school computing plans is the leadership. North Dakota Innovation Academy: We launch tomorrow! Learn about robust, technology-infused learning at the 2013 Iowa 1:1 Institute.

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Edthena

AUGUST 2, 2017

The Colorado Education Association (CEA) is partnering with Edthena to embed video observation and feedback into courses offered on COpilot, the state’s online professional learning platform. Now, with COpilot, educators across the state can experience video feedback as part of their professional development.

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Letters and Ink Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Focus on specific skills you’ve developed or special roles that you had that tie into your leadership skills and align with what schools are looking for. The post Craft Your Teaching Resume – in 8 Simple Steps first appeared on Letters and Ink Blog. Avoid repeating yourself and write unique skills from each position.

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Edthena

MARCH 9, 2021

Literacy and leadership expert, Doug Fisher, published The Distance Learning Playbook with co-authors Nancy Frey and John Hattie to guide teachers through research to understand what works best with distance learning to support students. . Doug was interviewed for the teacher professional development blog PLtogether.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 6, 2010

This was by far the most intense, and rewarding professional development venture that I have ever been a part of. How many of us could honestly say that after a 3 hour professional development training, let alone 11 hours? In a nutshell the blueprint developed for #GTAdmin was fantastic. Wait, I just did.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Nifemi Ogunsuyi is a teacher leader in New York who participated in Teaching Matter’s Emerging Teacher Leadership Program (ETLP) to develop teacher leader skills, as well as their Master Teacher Program , an advanced micro-credentialing program that allows teachers to demonstrate her competence in leading other teachers.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 1, 2016

To affect this change district-wide, BCPS needed to shift professional learning for educators to a more competency-based, autonomous model. BCPS leadership thought educators would be better prepared to apply S.T.A.T. Classroom teachers engaged in micro-credentials in Professional Learning Communities alongside their S.T.A.T.

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