A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 14, 2016

Human nature compels us in many cases to take the easiest possible path to success. Instead of enabling the status quo to dictate the learning culture of a school, critical reflection is employed to disrupt professional practice in order to grow and improve. This question is a start, however it doesn’t really matter much what we think.

Leadership 357

Leadership Professional Development Cultures Educational Technology 357

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2017

In many cultures the status quo is so entrenched that shifting mindsets and behaviors can be daunting. With so much disruption, new generations and a hyper-connected world where information is a commodity, the leadership paradigm has to shift. The industrial revolution model of command and control leadership is no longer effective."

Leadership 255

Leadership Humanities Cultures Research 255

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 19, 2022

While there are many challenging aspects when it comes to leadership, one that typically rises to the top is dealing with difficult personalities. We are dealing here with human beings. And we know from neuroscience that human beings share very much more in common in what drives them and causes these behaviors.

Cultures 543

Cultures Leadership Humanities Research 543

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Pursuing improvement is a never-ending process because the landscape of knowledge, technology, and human understanding is in a perpetual state of evolution. The dynamism of the world, driven by scientific discoveries, technological innovations, and cultural shifts, ensures that there is always room for improvement.

Junior High 328

Junior High Pedagogy Leadership Humanities 328

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

Understanding the Psyche of Technological Resistance in the Education Workforce Resistance to change, especially technological change , is fundamentally anchored in our human psychology. Typically, humans have an inclination toward safety and the predictability of routine, avoiding the uncertainty that comes with new terrain.

Humanities 91

Humanities Psychology Library Education 91

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Shuck is a professor of human resource and organizational development at the University of Louisville and co-founder of the start-up OrgVitals. Right now, culture is probably the most important thing that leaders can be thinking about. McClure: How does engagement connect to a concept like workplace culture?

Cultures 108

Cultures Education Humanities Psychology 108

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Below I will address six specific areas that can help to create an empathetic teaching and learning culture. Grace Depending on your position, leading and teaching with grace is the epitome of an empathetic culture. Compassionate teaching and leadership consider any type of suffering and move towards specific actions to relieve it.

Pedagogy 543

Pedagogy Cultures Tradition Leadership 543

Dr. Shannon Doak

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The infographic that highlights the 65 jobs least likely to be automated, taken from The US Career Institute really drives home the importance of skills that only humans can offer—things like emotional intelligence, empathy, creativity, and cultural competence. Language and Literature Courses: Explore texts from diverse cultures.

Teaching 58

Teaching Critical Thinking Leadership Cultures 58

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Image credit: Harold Jarche Leadership is a choice and not one that should be made lightly. With this choice comes a great deal of responsibility to initiate and sustain change that will lead to a transformed school culture. Learning is the fuel of leadership. Basically, we get what we model.

Leadership 389

Leadership Humanities Cultures Education 389

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

I now had access to a human-generated search engine where I gleaned the best resources, ideas, supports, and advice. It was at this time that I began to shift away from PD and instead embrace a culture of professional learning. If we find and see value, the emphasis becomes embracement as opposed to buy-in.

Professional Development 358

Professional Development Leadership Humanities Cultures 358

ED Surge

JULY 24, 2024

In my classroom, I treat students as humans first, not obstacles to classroom management. I would have felt like my autonomy and humanity were being honored because I would get to advocate for not only the student but myself. We will also let each other down, but we are in the work of being openly human all the time, and that’s okay.

Humanities 107

Humanities Cultures Classroom Management Leadership 107

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Leading the transition from 20th century to 21st century schools includes attention to the human toll it takes when such large changes are being required. Students deserve leaders willing who are willing to extend themselves beyond their comfort zones in order to create a culture that aligns with a new vision for learning.

Leadership 406

Leadership Artifacts Professional Development Cultures 406

Sapiens

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Such roles are prevalent in areas such as finance, admin, law, marketing, and human resources. B t jobs, Graeber argues, have bloomed in professions like finance (financial services); law (corporate law); administration (academic and health administration); and marketing, public relations, and human resources.

Anthropology 96

Anthropology Economics Sociology Archiving 96

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

“Effective leadership is not about speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” – Peter Drucker There is always an innate desire to be popular. Chalk this up to human nature, right or wrong. Our culture idolizes movie stars, musicians, and professional athletes. Leadership is about action.

Leadership 253

Leadership Cultures Humanities Education 253

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

The event provides leadership development skills, offers a psychologically safe space to process our experiences and nurtures the spirit of brotherhood and community needed to sustain our worth and our work. At this year’s retreat, Lester Young Jr., Codifying self-love and identifying ways to capture growth is key for student progress.

Leadership 95

Leadership Psychology Humanities Public School 95

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 10, 2016

Other elements embedded in school culture cloud our vision as to what is both needed and possible. If not, then human nature will take over and you will make an excuse. It all comes down to leadership and the will to improve in order to create a better learning culture for all students.

Global Connections 420

Global Connections Leadership Cultures Tradition 420

ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

Teaching, as human work, is to show the beauty and complexity of the human experience in our society. With my days long and rigid, this profession hasn’t given me the space to be a balanced, whole human. With my days long and rigid, this profession hasn’t given me the space to be a balanced, whole human.

Teaching 145

Teaching Humanities Lesson Plan Cultures 145

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Cultivating a Culture One day during my English class, Khalil, one of my sixth grade students, created a live soundtrack to accompany my lesson on mentor sentences. The combination of our classroom culture and reading growth achievement earned our class the 2018 Southwest Ohio Teach For America Classroom of the Year Award.

Cultures 115

Cultures Humanities Leadership Teaching 115

Education Elements

JULY 3, 2022

When faced with an ever-expanding school and district improvement checklist, it’s human nature to pick the seemingly more manageable task first. Addressing the staffing shortage in public schools may seem like running a marathon barefoot, uphill, and in the sweltering sun.

Cultures 82

Cultures Humanities Public School Leadership 82

ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2024

I see this as a real opportunity for writing centers to show leadership if they're given an opportunity,” says Sherry Wynn Perdue, president of the International Writing Centers Association. Writing doesn’t have that much meaning without a human audience. AI can serve as a supplement to a human tutor, Mills says.

Tutoring 114

Tutoring Humanities Social Science Teaching 114

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 5, 2014

Excuses are just a part of human existence. Excuses are fueled by elements such as fear of change, a desire to protect the status quo, lack of education/knowledge, top-down leadership, micromanagement, and the unwillingness to take risks. Change Innovation Leadership'

Leadership 402

Leadership Professional Development Humanities Cultures 402

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

As a principal, my job is to ensure the physical and psychological safety of every staff member and student in my care — and that includes our leadership team, which is made up of 10 assistant principals who coach and manage teachers. He’s not really about equity work, look at the culture he’s created.

Psychology 122

Psychology Leadership Cultures Humanities 122

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 14, 2011

Cross-posted at the Huffington Post: Effective Leadership in the Age of Reform. School improvement efforts rely heavily on quality leadership. The audience at the leadership institute identified what they perceived to be the top elements. The human factor is extremely important. What do good principals do?

Leadership 315

Leadership Cultures Humanities Teaching 315

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

All one has to do is take a look at the evolution of the human species to see how important innovation has been leading to society as we now know it. A particular direction is needed to help align innovative change to the vision, mission, and culture of a respective school. As the common saying goes, the proof is in the pudding.

Leadership 224

Leadership Cultures Humanities High School 224

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

This fosters a supportive leadership culture that comprehends campus dynamics and provides enhanced support accordingly. Systemwide changes tend to provoke a natural human reaction of resistance. Recognition really helps foster a positive culture for change and innovation. Stakeholders question, “What’s in it for me?”

Government 117

Government Humanities Cultures Leadership 117

ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Depending on how you look at it, Ed Secretary Miguel Cardona’s assertion that “we’re closer to a reset in education than ever before” is either a beacon of hope at the end of a long, dark tunnel, or the opening of a new front in an increasingly polarizing culture war. One possible answer is investing in more inclusive partnerships.

Education 137

Education Tutoring Cultures Leadership 137

ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2024

I learned about the massive scale of labor, human capital and strategic investment that go into making a successful organization. As a new college grad, I was lucky to work at a company that held an “up or out” culture and provided clear structures and routines for continuous professional feedback, networking and skill development.

K-12 107

K-12 Teaching Professional Development Leadership 107

ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2023

When I came to Achievement First Brooklyn High School eight years ago as the ninth grade literature teacher, it was my fourth year of teaching and my first time in a school that was unapologetically rooted in the “no excuses” model , which centers a results-driven culture that prioritizes strict behavioral procedures and academic policies.

Leadership 83

Leadership Cultures Charter School Economics 83

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Stewarding an inclusive network requires time, money, and human capital. Leadership must be local. It requires listening to community, acknowledging harm, and making changes—across partnerships, leadership, culture, funding, and programming. Strong network programming and relationships helps them to self-sustain.

Education 125

Education Leadership Government Learning Science 125

ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2023

One student candidly shared that he felt like his teachers weren’t invested in him as a human being, because the amount of homework that he was assigned didn't take into account his commitments outside the classroom and other barriers to studying.

Professional Development 103

Professional Development Humanities Leadership Cultures 103

ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2024

I want you to remember that there are humans behind these stories. Instead, we melded into a distinct culture through the sugar plantation experience of our great-grandparents , with each ethnic community retaining its identity and cohesion and resisting the pressure to completely lose either through assimilation.

Cultures 119

Cultures Humanities High School Education 119

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 19, 2017

Thus, schools and education in general need to create a learning culture that not only inspires students, but also prepares them for success in their future. This means re-integrating trade-based courses and programs that use to be the norm in virtually every school.

K-12 401

K-12 Pedagogy Tradition Cultures 401

Political Science Now

AUGUST 26, 2024

Jorge Abeledo is the Director of the Youth Ambassadors program at Georgetown University’s Center for Intercultural Education and Development, a federally funded cultural exchange program designed to strengthen the leadership skills of young people from the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States.

Political Science 53

Political Science Education Pedagogy Leadership 53

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.

High School 145

High School Cultures Leadership Public School 145

Living Geography

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This is part of what is called curriculum leadership. 135-6 Richard also discusses the need to de/colonise curricula, and that the Humanities have a legacy of ignoring discussions about what was taught and how it was framed. I joined the project team, working on behalf of University College London.

Geography 52

Geography Teaching Pedagogy Library 52

Geogramblings

JULY 26, 2024

She studied human geography at the University of Leeds and has since worked in various sustainability-related roles, focusing on mental health, student engagement, and climate education. A Lifelong Commitment to Sustainability Born and raised in Leeds, Zoe has always had a deep connection to her hometown.

Geography 68

Geography Education Economics Cultures 68

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In fact, early in the morning on the day of my inauguration, students held a protest to express their concerns about the future of the humanities on campus. As I walked to campus that morning, my chief of staff alerted me to the protest, because she knew I’d want to do what I believe leadership ought to do: show up.

Leadership 89

Leadership Humanities Cultures Education 89