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Two Things All Parents Need To Know From Their Schools
Speaking to parent groups is always a pleasure. I truly believe that although there are many fears of technology (especially social media), the access we have to one another is a powerful opportunity...
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The Ability to Implement Feedback
Through reffing basketball, I learned a lot of lessons that apply to my learning to this day. The ability to be challenged in learning on something you believe is not as bad as being yelled at that...
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10 Crucial Characteristics of Great Leaders
Image created by @EJHudson Leadership is not an easy endeavor. When you think you are doing well, things can easily go sideways, or even backward. Because leadership is ultimately about how we deal...
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What Lies Within Us?
Attending so many conferences, there is a common theme that you will hear from most. How do we get our students better at school? They might not say that straight out, but it is the underlying...
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Empowering or Stifling Voice?
I woke up one morning not feeling the best, after receiving a message about something that needed to be dealt with for work that was a bad surprise. After that, I had some more bad news, but nothing I...
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Take Advantage of the Blank Slate
A principal friend of mine asked if I could send their staff a message before they open a brand new school. Here is what I shared with them: As many educators in North America are on summer break...
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“Any path that leads to a happy and healthy life.”
Just something I was thinking about the other day…excuse the ramble. Years ago as a principal and assistant principal, I would go to the same McDonald’s for breakfast about once a week and over four...
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Some of the Worst Advice You Will Ever Get as an Educator
At the beginning of my career, I was told (more than once) to “not smile after Christmas”. As a new teacher, I was told that it would be important to ensure that students respected me and took me...
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5 Questions to Ask Your Students To Start the School Year
Schools are about more than learning; they are about experience(s). They help shape us in our present and future and those experiences stick with us long past our time as students. Unfortunately,...
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Even If You Are “Big”, Act Small
Having a conversation with an administrator, I was asked the question, “Do you really believe that you can make this change happen with such a large district?” My first thought was that this district...
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Two Things All Parents Need To Know From Their Schools
Speaking to parent groups is always a pleasure. I truly believe that although there are many fears of technology (especially social media), the access we have to one another is a powerful opportunity...
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The Ability to Implement Feedback
Through reffing basketball, I learned a lot of lessons that apply to my learning to this day. The ability to be challenged in learning on something you believe is not as bad as being yelled at that...
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10 Crucial Characteristics of Great Leaders
Image created by @EJHudson Leadership is not an easy endeavor. When you think you are doing well, things can easily go sideways, or even backward. Because leadership is ultimately about how we deal...
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What Lies Within Us?
Attending so many conferences, there is a common theme that you will hear from most. How do we get our students better at school? They might not say that straight out, but it is the underlying...
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Empowering or Stifling Voice?
I woke up one morning not feeling the best, after receiving a message about something that needed to be dealt with for work that was a bad surprise. After that, I had some more bad news, but nothing I...
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Take Advantage of the Blank Slate
A principal friend of mine asked if I could send their staff a message before they open a brand new school. Here is what I shared with them: As many educators in North America are on summer break...
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“Any path that leads to a happy and healthy life.”
Just something I was thinking about the other day…excuse the ramble. Years ago as a principal and assistant principal, I would go to the same McDonald’s for breakfast about once a week and over four...
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Some of the Worst Advice You Will Ever Get as an Educator
At the beginning of my career, I was told (more than once) to “not smile until after Christmas”. As a new teacher, I was told that it would be important to ensure that students respected me and took...
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5 Questions to Ask Your Students To Start the School Year
Schools are about more than learning; they are about experience(s). They help shape us in our present and future and those experiences stick with us long past our time as students. Unfortunately,...
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Things Change and Things Stay the Same
When I first saw this tweet, it literally made me laugh out loud: A lot has changed since I started teaching in 1999. This was seemingly my biggest dilemma with technology at the time. It used to be...
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