A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

To make matters worse many states, districts, and schools made knee-jerk reactions when the budget ax came down a few years and cut traditional hands-on courses such as wood shop, agriculture, metal shop, and cooking. In many cases elementary schools have even taken fun out of school for kids by cutting recess.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 27, 2020

Thank you, Tim Lauer , for sharing how Mabel Rush Elementary School in Newberg, Oregon is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. If you and your school(s) would like to be featured in the Coronavirus Chronicles series, get in touch ! Episode 005 is below.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

One, in particular, is the Corinth School District in Mississippi. The stage was set over the summer for me to work six days in each of their three schools to assist with teaching, learning, and leadership associated with their 1:1 implementation. Following the protocol described above, I facilitated coaching days.

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A Principal's Reflections

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.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 24, 2021

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. Also, every main chapter concludes with Key Leadership Behaviors and Support Structures.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 28, 2020

Thank you, Karen Krisch , for sharing how Marion-Walker Elementary School in Pennsylvania is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Future Ready Schools just launched its new podcast series, Leading Through Unprecedented Times.

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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. It is essential to recognize that the premature placement of teachers into leadership roles comes at a cost.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2019

When it comes to innovation, I see digital leadership and blended learning as two of many ideas, concepts, or strategies where there is research and evidence to support these innovative practices. Recently during a coaching visit at Sandshore Elementary School, a part of the Mt.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In the United States today, 9 out of 10 school superintendents are white and two-thirds are white men. As a Latina, my leadership isn’t often expected, nor is it always welcome. First is the indispensable role of broad support from executive leadership. Community engagement and leadership are our foundational principles.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

It was at this time that I decided to take a calculated risk and attempt to help other schools scale their digital and innovative change efforts. As I transitioned from principal to Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) my work began to take me all over the country and the world.

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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.’ individualization – Interrogating our instruction: An elementary school scenario. Related Posts.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

All materials are designed to complement—not supplant—existing school improvement initiatives. Video, print, and online materials can be selected by leadership teams or teachers, and tailored to fit their needs. I began the session with a video of an elementary-school child working through a word problem.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 19, 2020

Thought I’d post a quick update on how my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership for Social Justice , is going. We are trying to approach the class through a very broad social justice lens, which means that we’re discussing a variety of different school leadership equity contexts. I’ve got six students in the class.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

Then, I gave my students several examples of how they could use this website in their elementary school classrooms. BYOD BYOT educational leadership educational technology mobile learning devices' In addition, I explained to my students why using such a website would be useful to them and their students.

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Digital Promise

JULY 11, 2018

On Monday, July 9th, teachers and administrators from 10 schools gathered to kick off a year-long journey in the Maker Learning Leadership Cohort. Facilitated by Digital Promise and supported by the Grable Foundation, the cohort is composed of teachers and administrators from the following schools: Avalon Elementary School.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 6, 2019

A recent coaching visit with Corinth Elementary School placed me in a position to model all of the above. However, one of the most important considerations is to ensure that a two-way conversation takes place where there is a dialogue , not a monologue. Virtually no educator wants to have suggestions dictated to him or her.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2020

In San Antonio, Texas, elementary school principals get hands-on coaching and advice from early childhood experts during visits to pre-K classrooms. In Alabama, principals can attend a unique leadership academy to learn about how to support teachers working with young children.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 26, 2020

My online Leadership for Social Justice class launches in 2 weeks. What would you include in a Master’s level course on this topic, one that is focused on the practical implementation needs of P-12 school leaders (i.e., Coronavirus Chronicles 005 – Mabel Rush Elementary School. not theoretical philosophizing)?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2024

In matters both big and small, women in education leadership are treated, spoken to and viewed differently than their male colleagues. The career moves that are open to aspiring women leaders often propel them toward a very real glass cliff — leadership roles in which the risk of failure is high. Data from the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

Diversity does exist in the leadership pipeline,” said Sarah Guthery, a co-author of the study and an assistant education professor at Texas A&M University – Commerce, “but it tends to squeeze out women and Black candidates much earlier than studies of school leadership usually capture.”. years, seven months longer.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. Erin Roberts, a teacher leadership specialist. Teaching students to read is one of the most difficult tasks for an early elementary school teacher. She erased the “m” and jotted down a “p.”.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology to enrich classroom environments. Shepard Elementary School. Moulton plays a key role in this phase.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 16, 2020

I am pleased to note that I wrote up some ‘findings’ from those interviews as a chapter in Pamela Gaudet’s edited book, Like No Other School Year: 2020, COVID019, and the Growth of Online Learning , and also shared a few takeaways from my summer class on crisis leadership. Pamela asked me to write the chapter on leadership.

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Education Elements

JULY 19, 2017

Yuma Elementary School District ONE began the journey of Personalized Learning over two years ago and we went all in --17 schools and 9000 students all at once. At the start of school, iPads were distributed to all students and 490 teachers -- many staff and students had never even held an iPad prior to the distribution.

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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.”. Some compelling examples are emerging. 1 Including pay for performance, knowledge- and skills-based pay, career ladder programs, and market-based pay.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 6, 2020

which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Future Ready Schools just launched its new podcast series, Leading Through Unprecedented Times. Coronavirus Chronicles 008 – Shanghai American School. Coronavirus Chronicles 015 – Jeffco Public Schools.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 1, 2024

“ Because of her work with Educators Rising, Eckert’s name was passed to the leadership of Reach University, a nonprofit university that had started to offer an alternative credentialing path to teacher candidates in California. And so it was just like, Oh wow. We got some stuff to fix. Let’s see what we can do.

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ED Surge

JULY 17, 2024

It was 2022 and I had recently been hired as the principal of an all-girls elementary school in New York, and it was my first visit to the school to meet students, staff and families. As a young Black queer woman in school leadership, embracing vulnerability has felt frightening at times. I was caught off guard.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 13, 2021

Or we could do: 1 introductory session for elementary school(s). 1 introductory session for middle school(s). 1 introductory session for high school(s). 1 session with examples of what this looks like in other schools. Podcast – How to take our leadership and teaching to new levels. Hope this helps!

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Principals lack the experience and expertise in early childhood education that is needed as pre-K programs expand in public elementary schools and that could inhibit their ability to manage and support pre-K teachers, according to a new report. A preschool student writes in class. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 23, 2020

which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Future Ready Schools just launched its new podcast series, Leading Through Unprecedented Times. Coronavirus Chronicles 019 – Milwaukee Jewish Day School. Coronavirus Chronicles 005 – Mabel Rush Elementary School. Related Posts.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. AJ the robot is the school mascot at A.J.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 12, 2020

which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Future Ready Schools just launched its new podcast series, Leading Through Unprecedented Times. Coronavirus Chronicles 008 – Shanghai American School. Coronavirus Chronicles 015 – Jeffco Public Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Their premise is simple: By partnering with families and community-based organizations, community schools tackle challenges like hunger and homelessness and seek to support students’ mental and physical health. 1425 Walton Avenue, once home to P.S. 64, now houses the Walton Avenue School and Lucero Elementary School.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Future Ready Schools just launched its new podcast series, Leading Through Unprecedented Times. Coronavirus Chronicles 023 – Dhahran Middle School. Coronavirus Chronicles 027 – Marion-Walker Elementary School.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 11, 2020

I especially appreciated hearing about Butler Tech’s emphasis on distributed leadership and how your resilience over the past few months was a result of earlier decisions and structures around trust, empowerment, organizational values, and creation of a culture of risk-taking. Coronavirus Chronicles 023 – Dhahran Middle School.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 11, 2020

which is focused a little more on instructional issues than leadership. Future Ready Schools just launched its new podcast series, Leading Through Unprecedented Times. Coronavirus Chronicles 005 – Mabel Rush Elementary School. Coronavirus Chronicles 011 – Liberty Public Schools. Related Posts.

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