A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Without them, humanity cannot survive. ” ― Dalai Lama Typically, I am a very focused writer. Each post, for the most part, contains ideas and strategies focusing on improving teaching, learning, and leadership. Humanity was beginning to rise to the occasion. Now that's humanity at its finest.

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JULY 16, 2017

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." Digital leadership is authentic in nature. That’s where the digital piece comes into play.

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DECEMBER 8, 2013

This post is the fourth in a series that will outline the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. A connected learning model is empowering and ultimately creates a human-generated search engine for the most practical ideas and strategies being implemented in schools today.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The post 3 Strategies to Achieve Human-Centered Leadership for Digital Transformation appeared first on Digital Promise.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2023

What is the essence of leadership? However, let’s look at it from the perspective of debunking what authentic leadership is, not to get at the heart of what it really is when it comes to agents of change. However, leadership is not about attracting others to follow. Leadership is about inspiring others to take action.

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

Instead, it was human nature in terms of a resistance to change that was the cause of reluctance in some of my staff. I shared the following in Digital Leadership. Leadership is about action. Human nature can be a fickle thing. There were times, like the example above, when I did not find success with change.

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JUNE 25, 2023

Leadership embodies consistent qualities and characteristics that remain unchanged while the tools, research, and societal shifts influencing the work have evolved. Leadership combines artistic and scientific elements, aiming to mobilize people toward a shared objective. Leadership is a collaborative endeavor.

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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. 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.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Concerns center on its potential to replace human interaction and critical thinking skills. AI will NOT : Build relationships with students or staff Implement a lesson effectively Facilitate meaningful learning These limitations highlight the importance of human interaction and expertise in the educational process. Prompt all you want.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 16, 2014

His work really made me critically reflect upon my leadership practices. The power of social media then connected the both of us leading to him Skyping with the students at New Milford High School, a personal dialogue over the years, and his endorsement of my new book on Digital Leadership.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

” Amazon | Bookshop.org The strategies in Arise are all built on a framework of six core human needs: belonging, autonomy, competence, self-esteem, trust , and purpose. When you’re thinking about wanting to help someone develop, you need to keep their full humanity at the center.” ” 1.

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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. The Pillars of Digital Leadership provide a practical framework for any leader, regardless of technological proficiency, to improve professional practice.

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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.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

By analyzing vast amounts of data, AI algorithms can uncover patterns and trends that human analysts may miss, leading to more informed and effective strategies. Furthermore, AI can enhance human capabilities by automating repetitive tasks and augmenting decision-making processes. So, what does this mean for educators?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

When it is all said and done, the best experiences are ongoing and job-embedded so that the needed support, application into practice, feedback, and accountability for growth lead to actual changes to teaching, learning, and leadership. The other is ensuring what has been learned leads to improvements in teaching, learning, and leadership.

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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'

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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?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 16, 2015

The best leaders are able to bring their people into the future because they engage in the oldest form of research: They observe the human condition." John Ryan elaborated on the topic and how leadership success always starts with a vision. In his article he states that compelling visions can truly change the world.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2023

As I shared in Digital Leadership , evolving technology enables and empowers leaders to seize the moment and look for ways to fundamentally improve teaching, learning, and leadership. Assign tasks: AI can automatically assign tasks within your leadership team based on their skills and availability.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Compassionate teaching and leadership consider any type of suffering and move towards specific actions to relieve it. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human." Other areas that can show flexibility include deadlines, attendance, and general with teachers and students. The virus will eventually be subdued.

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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. Furthermore, the human capacity for growth and learning is boundless. Whether at the individual or system level, the fact remains that there is always room for growth.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 10, 2016

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. Every single school on this planet deals with these challenges and many others on a daily basis. If you feel it is important, you will find a way.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

It begins with a focus on improving teaching, learning, and leadership followed by utilizing an array of digital assets at every educator’s disposal to share and amplify. The human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text. Image credit: CATSY Below I go into each in detail and how you might better leverage one or all.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 24, 2015

Since I get to work with you more this year than in the past, I thought I would share a few of my leadership beliefs… Intentionality. We must address the leadership and contextual factors that surround and infuse our work. Autonomy is a fundamental human need. (I Our work needs to be deep in meaning and rich in purpose.

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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. In Digital Leadership I emphasized how input from educators is crucial to the success of any professional learning experience, as is time. If we find and see value, the emphasis becomes embracement as opposed to buy-in.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

How can teachers learn from the practices and principles of youth organizing to create more humanizing, engaging and empowering classrooms? The process of asking questions, listening and building campaigns around these stories is what makes youth organizing such a humanizing experience.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Nearly half of the country’s 500 largest school districts had a change in leadership during the pandemic, but men still filled more than 70 percent of those vacancies, research by Women Leading Ed , a national network working to grow and strengthen the pipeline of women in education leadership, found. It was vital advice.

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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. Leadership is about action. Our culture idolizes movie stars, musicians, and professional athletes.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 30, 2017

" The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others." - Albert Schweitzer A major Category 4 Hurricane hit the Corpus Christie area in South Texas last Friday leaving a path of destruction. Now is the time to actually back up all the talk about relationships, empathy, and leadership on social media.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

“ Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experiences.” - Brené Brown Change is hard. It is even more challenging to sustain. While there are many obstacles to individual or system growth, fear and comfort tend to lead the pack. Both work to stymie a desire to improve for different reasons.

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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.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Since starting this project, several people have also reached out and asked me to take their photos–including our entire special education department and our Instructional Leadership Team. Our yearbook advisor asked me to give a presentation to the yearbook staff on how to take quality portraits with their phones. Now, it’s your turn.

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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. Innovation has been a hot topic of discussion for the past couple of years even though it is not a new or novel concept.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2011

Another fantastic resource in addition to the definitions above is the Rigor/Relevance Framework by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Teachers now meet as part of three overreaching groups that include Humanities, S.T.E.M., and Special Programs (special education, arts, and technology).

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 19, 2017

Skills that emphasize the unique abilities specific to human beings will enable not only current, but also future generations of learners to prevail in a world where technology will eventually replace most jobs currently available.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 1, 2018

So why is it a part of human nature to make excuses? They most certainly are, and we have to work even harder and more diligently to find workable solutions to overcome them. My concern is when challenges that will always be present in some form or another morph into excuses. It is excuses that hold us back.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 12, 2019

An aspect of human nature is that when we are in a state of comfort, there is no real urgency to do something differently or better. In their eyes, the act of failing was a catalyst to learn from mistakes and eventually implement ideas or create solutions that have fundamentally changed the world.

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