A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2010

Yesterday I was granted an opportunity to deliver a keynote at the NYSCATE Leadership Summit in Troy, NY. The topic of my talk was, "Leadership in the Digital Age." Poor professional development : How many times have we sat through training sessions that were boring, meaningless, and didn''t provide any practical implementation ideas?

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

These commonly arrive in the form of internal professional development initiatives that chew up a great deal of time, but rarely achieve the types of systemic changes that are intended. One just has to refer to the history books to see how this has played out across the world since the beginning of time.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 26, 2019

Remember when we had to get all of our professional literature and information from journals, books, conferences, over the phone, or people that we came in direct contact with? We live in amazing times. Technology, most specifically social media, has flattened the world. More supports are needed. There are a lot of challenges listed.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 5, 2012

In education you can''t just tell someone to do something because you are mesmerized by a piece of technology, read the latest book on innovative practices, or heard a great speaker discuss PLC''s. Professional development has to be relevant to educators, contain numerous choices, and be hands-on.

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Teaching American History

MAY 21, 2024

Join us this summer for the best professional development TAH offers! Instructor: John Moser (Ashland University) Course Materials: Syllabus , Course Packet , Game Book 610: American Foreign Policy (June 23 – 28) Students examine events and issues in the foreign policy of the American republic. MAHG is both!

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 28, 2017

It has been quite the ride since I changed my perspective on teaching, learning, and leadership eight years ago. Social media had to be blocked for all and I, for one, wasn’t going to waste any of my precious time using it professionally or personally. The 8 keys are outlined below: Leadership and school culture lay the foundation.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2024

The daily struggle is evident in the school systems across the nation, where a multitude of supports, staff, solutions, and professional development options are implemented without sufficient consideration for their overall fit and impact. When developing a strategic strategy, leaders have a plethora of alternatives.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In these moments, I frequently return to my favorite book, “ Invisible Man ” by Ralph Ellison. Soon after, I began my first summer professional development at a school in the neighborhood I grew up in. Much like Ellison’s protagonist, I feel I have only been viewed as other people's definition of who I am supposed to be.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2013

Competition resulting from the continuous evolution of tablets, laptops, and now Chrome books, puts schools in a better position to make large-scale investments in mobile technology. 1:1 laptop program 21st Century Leadership 21st Century Learning BYOD Change Innovation Opinion educational technology'

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Edthena

JULY 9, 2021

Lots of things adjusted with distance teaching, but the changes to professional development for educators has actually helped it become more accessible. Doug Fisher talked about new opportunities to learn and grow in an interview with Edthena founder & CEO Adam Geller for the teacher professional development blog PLtogether.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

Over the past 10 years as a teacher (and more recently as an aspiring administrator), I have consistently sought out new and innovative professional development. Without any hesitation, the opportunity to participate in this MC work has been one of the most meaningful and rich experiences along my professional development journey.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

As I engage with districts and schools regularly, they frequently inquire about ways to gauge the outcomes and efficacy of their innovative strategies, such as BYOD, 1:1, blended and personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, and professional development.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 27, 2021

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We describe what we saw in detail in the new book and, in Chapter 7, articulate a Profile of a Deeper Learning Leader that’s based on empirical research, not just anecdotes. Excerpt 07.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Over the years I have written extensively on the topic, including a chapter in my new book Uncommon Learning. At the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) my team and I work with schools and districts to get mobile learning initiatives right before an all out rollout.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 28, 2016

In certain situations more support in the form of time, resources, professional development, or improved communication can do the trick. In some cases making them part of the solution can be accomplished through positive encouragement and reinforcement.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Too often, teachers are rapidly elevated from the classroom to school leadership positions, whether to fill an unexpected vacancy, act as an interim administrator or to take on a permanent leadership role. None of these promotions came with special training or additional coaching; I wasn't even told to read any books in preparation.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

Credit: Becki Moss for The Hechinger Report The country also plans to devote $20 million in professional development (a little over $11 million in U.S. The government made a rightward shift in 2023 to the National Party, ending six years of leadership under former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who had an international profile.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2018

To capitalize on this energy, most school districts organize mandatory professional development opportunities for teachers designed to teach them a new teaching strategy or introduce them to a new piece of technology. Like all of my previous books, the goal is to provide concrete strategies and resources.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

I was more of a periodical girl, with the magazines and the newspapers and an occasional novel or self-help book. I'm a second-year doctoral student in educational leadership. So you've got to be able to recognize those letters, and as an educator, I know that K-2, or pre-K-2, that's when those foundational skills are 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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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

One person who definitely knows that is Elena Aguilar, who has been coaching teachers for two decades and has written eight highly acclaimed books all centered on helping teachers grow. Elena Aguilar While the new book contains some elements of the original, this one takes a much more humanistic approach.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 5, 2018

There is also a plethora of practical strategies that have led to evidence of improved outcomes available on the Internet and in recently published books. All educators now have access to a vast amount of research that can lead to practical changes to the items listed above.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Instructional leadership with Virginia administrators. On Monday and Tuesday, I introduced them to the 4 Shifts Protocol but we adopted more of an instructional leadership lens, not just a teaching lens. Innovative remote instruction with Texas administrators and building leadership teams. All of this work was virtual.

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

He had just approved my participation in a teacher leadership program. My state is not only suffering from a teacher shortage , but a mass departure of administrators has also caused a dearth of qualified leadership in our schools. A lack of strong school leadership is not just a school problem — it's everyone’s problem.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 13, 2021

While our book, Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning , introduces the protocol, has some lesson redesign examples, and includes some tips and strategies, some schools and educators are looking for more interactive professional development. Podcast – How to take our leadership and teaching to new levels.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Technology professional development sessions are sparsely (or reluctantly) attended. The challenges of digital leadership. 2 books for 2 different needs. Silent work alone on ‘personalized,’ adaptive learning software modules is a dominant modality for students. These are just a few. What else might you add?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

“We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University. Many of those same practices likely apply to older students as well, said Neuman, the NYU professor.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In a new study published this summer, pre-K educators in New York City saw clear benefits to students speaking multiple languages but found that more professional development and support was needed to fully embrace those languages and cultures in the classroom. Educators agreed that there were gaps in their understanding.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2019

Related: When reading a book means more than just looking at text on a page. I still remember my excitement to borrow books from the school library so that I could better understand life beyond my poverty-stricken world. Principals also get extra professional development around literacy instruction. We saw great results.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 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.”. Will that system help build capacity of states and districts and the teacher leadership that requires for long-term school improvement?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2017

The teaching track focuses on practice, professional development and advancement opportunities for classroom teachers. It is different from both the leadership track and the innovation-conscious senior specialist track. Here’s a link to order the book associated with the study. Note: a print copy of the book costs $31.

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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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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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Edthena

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Steve Ventura, author of multiple books including “Engaged Instruction: Thriving Classrooms in the Age of Common Core,” knows the research-backed strategies for how to do it more effectively. A [professional development] program will never have as much impact as teacher practice,” Steve shared.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

To be fair, I’m not the only one making her feel this way — she gets this message from professional development, from people who write books and articles and create media directed at teachers, and from her school leadership. I have no new strategies or tools or books to share with you this week.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2019

Race to the Top also placed a greater emphasis on professional development for educators through professional learning communities, coaching and instructional leadership — something we’ve seen carried through under the Every Student Succeeds Act. Sign up for our newsletter.

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