Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 3, 2021

There is some incredible work happening right now related to women in P-12 educational leadership. Women Who Lead has more than 500 curated video conversations with over 70 women who hold leadership positions in education. WomenEd boasts a community of over 35,000 participants and has hosted hundreds of events. Related Posts.

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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 think that this book makes a unique contribution to what we know about leadership in deeper learning schools. Also, every main chapter concludes with Key Leadership Behaviors and Support Structures.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 22, 2021

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We think that this book makes a unique contribution to what we know about leadership in deeper learning schools. Also, every main chapter concludes with Key Leadership Behaviors and Support Structures.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

On the other hand, I really want to focus on what my parents taught me about leadership throughout my 41 years of life. It must have been the perfect storm of just finishing talking about leadership and guilt that provided the motivation for this post. Shared sacrifice – Nothing epitomizes servant leadership than shared sacrifice.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 14, 2022

While the pandemic has undoubtedly played a monumental role in decreasing morale, other factors continuously play a role, such as leadership, mandates, lack of time, systems that are in place, a toxic culture, inadequate pay, or trying to maintain a work-life balance. Some schools have large-scale team-building events both on and off-site.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

When it comes to leadership, there is no one right way or quick fix. Just like with learning, it's a process, not an event. It is easy just to say how one should improve leadership or anything else for that matter. Another successful strategy is to develop an informal walk-through schedule with your leadership team.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The leadership of NASSP is well aware of trends in and the value of connected learning and have created a learning experience that will meet the needs of all attendees. 21st Century Leadership connected educators educational leadership Ignite NASSP'

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 13, 2024

This vision should be communicated effectively through a multi-faceted approach, something I emphasize in Digital Leadership. Try to avoid drive-by and one-and-done events, as the research is pretty clear that these don’t lead to sustained change. Ensuring everyone understands the "why" behind the change is vital.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 17, 2021

While PLNs have grown in popularity, the most popular form of professional learning embraced by schools and districts still consists of more traditional pathways, such as bringing in guest speakers, workshops, or holding annual events. Inspiration packed into one day typically fades when reality sets in shortly after.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

No matter the impact, the aftermath of disruptive events can set the stage for innovative change by focusing on the “3 C’s” – convalesce, conceptualize, create. Convalesce Recovery is often needed after disruptive events, which was clearly evident in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. What happens if we don’t?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2023

For various reasons, educators are enamored by the keynoting circuit, facilitating presentations at both national and international events, and coaching in school systems. I often get asked both through social media and in person how to become a consultant. Over time I will flesh out concrete practice areas.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 25, 2021

Leadership isn't telling people what to do. Leadership is taking people where they need to be by empowering them to want to be part of the solution. Strategy The real work and testament to outstanding leadership is moving past the visioning process by developing a strategic plan to turn vision into reality.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 3, 2021

When it comes to leadership, the importance of effective communication skills to engage and empower families moved to the forefront. With virtual events, leaders can provide insight into how remote and hybrid learning is just as meaningful and challenging as face-to-face. Consider using this strategy as an open house of sorts.

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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. In the event that the meeting begins to veer out of control, table it for another time. As the saying goes, it’s typically the 1% that gives you 99% of the problems.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 22, 2023

It serves as a valuable tool for educators, schools, and districts to refine their skills and improve teaching, learning, and leadership. In schools, feedback should not be merely a one-time event; it is an ongoing process that fosters continuous learning and development.

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Education Elements

JULY 7, 2021

When most of our time is dictated by a calendar of events, meetings, to-do’s, and small pockets of time to focus on family and friends, genuinely unplugging can be challenging. With summer break already in progress for most school districts, leaders can finally plan a week or two to step away from the daily grind and have a chance just to be.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2022

I shared the following in Digital Leadership : A true testament to an exceptional leader, regardless of position, is their ability to convince, persuade, or inspire others to change, especially those who do not want to. Change is a process, not an event. Every student in every classroom and school deserves excellence.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 17, 2020

Special Topics: Leadership During a Crisis (3 credits, online) [Class # 20597]. In this class we are going to talk about crisis leadership. We will highlight the individual / collective mindsets, organizational strategies, leadership behaviors, and support structures necessary to navigate crisis situations. Class Meetings.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

One-and-done events might get everyone pumped up and excited, but what comes next? Like change, learning is a process, not an event. The other is ensuring what has been learned leads to improvements in teaching, learning, and leadership. The same can be said about drive-by professional development.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Knowing what the issues are and how recent events have amplified them, the time is now to be proactive. The 420 lessons in the program, called Ripple Effects, cover core SEL skills as well as personal topics ranging from anxiety, bullying and marijuana to managing fears around an undocumented parent. You got this!

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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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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Final Straw As I prepared to start my eighteenth year in education, a series of events eroded my trust in the system. These words, toxic yet final, confirmed their lack of leadership. The disrespect from district leadership overshadowed my professional achievement. These moments of silence and compliance were painful.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 14, 2021

While one-and-done and drive-by events are great at establishing the why once the excitement dies down, people are often clamoring to figure out how to make what they just heard a reality in their specific context.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 13, 2019

I received permission from my faculty colleagues and Dean this summer to launch a new Leadership for School Innovation (LSI) graduate certificate. Minnesota program and numerous other students gained new school technology leadership experiences at partner universities. Announcing the Jeffco 11 educational leadership blog.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 22, 2020

This is my second update on my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership During a Crisis. In addition to helping identify readings and multimedia for us to look at before each class session, my students also have taken the lead on identifying guest speakers to come talk with us about crisis leadership. Plus my students are incredible.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

They have utilized me as a keynoter, coach (leadership and teaching), and workshop presenter. One of the best parts about job-embedded, on-going work with school districts is facilitating a variety of professional learning opportunities. Please feel free to share your suggestions in the comments section below.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership Through the Humanities is co-hosting an in-person event with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee veterans and clips from the documentary Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power. The program begins at 11:00 am.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Professional Learning Typical means of professional development (PD) such as drive-by events, one-off workshops, or book studies, while having value, will not lead to impactful virtual learning at scale. At the cornerstone is effective communication, something I emphasized extensively in Digital Leadership.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

These are just a few of the exclamations we heard at our National Leadership Institutes in 2019. We envisioned these events as a place to bring together leaders from across the country focused on similar problems of practice, but never imagined the depth of collaboration, learning, and friendship that would result.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Image credit: Harold Jarche Leadership is a choice and not one that should be made lightly. Outside of instruction there is not a more important leadership quality that successful and effective administrators must focus on. Learning is the fuel of leadership. Basically, we get what we model. Please share your thoughts below.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I attended many of these events just to meet the required hours of professional development. My epiphany, so to say, changed my entire outlook on modes of professional development and led to the discovery of a practice area in digital leadership. The best part of this journey was the tangible results that followed.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 16, 2021

The “ clean slate” moment, as I have called it, saw resilient educators rise to the occasion in response to the most challenging event ever to impact the profession. Always remember that leadership is about action, not position, title, or power. We must keep it that way.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2015

It was an incredible opportunity to get back to Hawaii for a professional event as opposed to a vacation. This was the fourteenth time the school had put on the event and it was awesome to see and meet so many passionate educators on a Saturday. This is not fair to say the least. The hash tad we will be using is #leaderedHI.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 19, 2018

At the end of each practice, there was a closure activity where we reflected on the events of that day while preparing for a future contest. Leaders need consistent support and feedback on all aspects of the position to continually grown and improve, but the most emphasis should be on issues related to instructional leadership.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

As a school administrator, I remember always having the best intentions when it came to instructional leadership. These were then followed by back to school nights and athletic events. Make the time by committing to a few changes that will create a healthy balance between management and leadership that impacts the learning culture.

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Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

Event: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election Webinar Series: Watch the Past Events National campaigns and elections allow citizens to reflect and participate in their democracy. Election Webinar Series showcases how political scientists understand and teach American democracy’s quadrennial event. Engaging the 2024 U.S.

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