A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

However, a convergence of styles separates generalists from specialists when it comes to leadership. Moving from Specialist to Generalist Below are some common styles prevalent in leadership today. Managerial Whether we like it or not, management plays a pivotal role in leadership.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

The same can be said about drive-by professional development. 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.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

Despite my love for learning, I strongly disliked most professional development sessions. On the contrary, teachers want professional learning that is practical, engaging and relevant. In 2017, I formed an after-school student activism and leadership club with a small group of seventh grade students.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 30, 2012

Education is currently at a crossroads as traditional methods and tools are changing as a result of advances in technology and learning theory. With change comes the inevitable need to provide quality professional development. Schools can leverage tech savvy teachers to facilitate professional development.

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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. It does not rely on someone being in a leadership position in a traditional sense, but more so on a desire to want to change professional practice.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2010

So many exciting things have happened recently as a result of my own learning and growth in educational technology and leadership. As a result, I have seen my own knowledge increase in these areas, participated in exciting professional development opportunities, presented at both my school and at other events on web 2.0,

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Prior to delving into this 140 character world I utilized traditional mediums for communication and professional development, had no idea what Web 2.0 educational leadership educational technology Twitter' was, and adamantly believed social media had absolutely no place in education. I would say things have changed a bit.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 3, 2015

As instruction becomes increasingly personalized for students, teachers are ready for those same principles to drive their on-going professional development. "Teachers If we focus on learning and development, teachers know where they need to go." The need and demand for personalized professional development is growing.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Traditional Grading Practices and Homework There is a great deal of research out there that supports changes to how educators grade and the use of homework. On the one hand, some people loathe technology and fail to embrace how it can transform teaching, learning, and leadership. As our district took on homework.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 18, 2012

These include mentoring, professional development, encouragement, ideas to reform the profession, and most importantly inspiration. For me blogging has also become a portal to discuss strategies and ideas that have not only helped to transform my school, but also my leadership style. Why do I blog?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 11, 2011

With this being said, quality leadership becomes even more essential in order to cultivate a school culture whose primary focus is on the learning and achievement of each and every student. Here are some of my leadership strategies for making change during challenging times. Change Leadership Students Stakeholders pedagogy'

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Let me begin by saying that I was absolutely honored that various members of my Professional Learning Network (PLN) and the greater educational community reached out to me to address administrators looking to embrace social media, plan an educational technology conference at my school, and discuss leadership in the digital age.

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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. Our goal was to try and parse out What do leaders at innovative schools do that is different from their counterparts in more traditional schools ? Trusting Teachers as Creative Professionals.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

This is where the concept of digital leadership really comes into play. By carefully analyzing current components of professional practice, educators can begin to make the necessary paradigm shifts to replace existing practices with more effective and relevant ones. More importantly, it can empower our learners.

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TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

By addressing the current challenges in education, promoting professional development, and prioritizing emotional well-being, this article provides a comprehensive guide for educators committed to bridging the gap between teachers and principals. Teachers must be seen as leaders, capable of shaping the educational landscape.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2017

In some cases, these will be hard to swallow, but from an accountability perspective you will need to dig deep and display what constitutes real leadership even if this is not modeled by the people in power above you. The focus should be on how this change will improve teaching, learning, and/or leadership.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

In New Zealand, where schools operate far more independently than traditional public schools in the United States, it would be the job of principals like Rodgers to determine how best to teach the countrys math standards. Clair principal, who helped provide professional development to teachers during the Numeracy Project years.

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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

MAY 21, 2017

See what’s worked for successful entrepreneurs who’ve met their own goals, and find a fit for your continuing professional development. While embracing the listed elements above, think about the following strategies that Trish and I believe lead to edupreneurial leadership. Start to follow them online. So do edupreneurs.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Planning professional learning – How many of us dreaded professional development (PD) days? Consider having some of your talented students create a wood box do this the traditional way and then leave it in the faculty room. You can learn more about the PGP process HERE.

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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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Catlin Tucker

JULY 3, 2020

I do not envy school leadership and the tough decisions they have to make. What I want to avoid is a situation where teachers are presented with an alternative schedule in August and given a handful of professional development days to figure out how to adjust a semester’s worth of curriculum for a hybrid schedule.

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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. I want teachers to understand the purpose of this shift from traditional teaching models to blended learning models.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 5, 2018

However, there is another significant impediment to change that doesn’t get as much focus as it should and that is tradition. Tradition, combined with the comfort of the status quo, forms a plausible excuse for not changing. To create a thriving culture , some hard battles against tradition need to be fought.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In the news What if professional development could be as dynamic and personalized as the classrooms we envision for our students? Each school designates an Exploration AI champion who works closely with leadership to integrate AI strategies into PD days. Thats exactly what St. By weaving AI into their PD framework, St.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

I'm a second-year doctoral student in educational leadership. I [recently] approached two of the eighth grade and the sixth grade social studies teachers with doing some professional development with me using media literacy and critical thinking across the curriculum, teaching students to decode the world. That's what I do.

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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. Grappling with these matters is not simple. We will explore this opportunity in our next blog post.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

Since its inception, the Digital Promise Center for Inclusive Innovation (CII) has focused on bridging that distance by engaging educators, students, families and communities in co-leadership, co-research and co-design of education solutions.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Next, the traditional library space was repurposed as Duquesne Media Central, outfitted with flexible seating, new technologies, and a recording studio.

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Edthena

MAY 29, 2024

According to Dr. David Baker, Professional Development Coordinator for St. Impact of AI coaching on teacher performance AI Coach significantly amplified the district’s professional development capacity. Can AI coaching help districts provide timely instructional coaching for all teachers? By leveraging AI, St.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2021

Establishing a strong culture of coaching, however, requires structures to be in place in a school or district such as designated time for coaching, and ongoing professional development for coaches and administrators. Popular micro-credentials included: Visionary Leadership for Technology. Creating Digital Citizens.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

And in a survey administered by the National Education Association in 2022, 55 percent of teachers and support professionals who responded indicated they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned. Preparing School Leaders Improved working conditions and community building starts with leadership.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

Principals and school leaders need professional development so that they can better advocate for their teachers and students. They changed my life, and we need more of them I think about where I would be if I didn’t have the support of my colleagues, mentors and leadership team and had instead left the profession.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

” This is a big shift from traditional coaching, she says, “which is about data cycles and analyzing student work, learning targets and all of that. Teachers don’t need more of that. “ Aguilar addresses this need by helping teachers get better at recognizing what’s already working.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

While district policies can provide opportunities for improving student achievement, our results suggest that this impact varies widely and requires strong school-level leadership and effort. A second common thread is supporting teachers through professional development and coaching and with high-quality instructional materials.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

Yet, traditional ESOL teacher certification processes are often burdensome, inflexible and financially onerous. This is especially true in rural communities with few options to support professional learning experiences. One core underlying issue is the shortage of ESOL educators.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 9, 2021

This initiative provides devices with monthly data plans to every student and teacher in hundreds of under-resourced middle and high schools nationwide, as well as professional development for educators on how to leverage the technology in their classrooms in meaningful ways. Always-available technology and broadband access.

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