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The Power of Vulnerability

I require each of my administrators to administer a 360 survey as a component of their evaluation process each year. Every time this portion of the year rolls around they are quick to express the dread this process causes. After the surveys are sent out and data collected, the results come back overwhelmingly positive with 90+ percent of their faculty and staff strongly supporting the efforts of the principal. Not surprisingly, those pieces of data are largely ignored. The negative… Read More »The Power of Vulnerability

Great Science Event in Rockford Area

Check out this great event hosted by Anne Weerda and Burpee Museum in Rockford   Oh, do I have something exciting to share with you!  Its going to be a super science day with PD, prizes and more… for FREE at Burpee Museum in Rockford. We have scientists, museums and others just waiting for the chance to show teachers what’s happening in the world of career scientists….what’s happening at major local science institutions.   Can you please help me get… Read More »Great Science Event in Rockford Area

Pre-K Matters

Very good read on the impact of Pre-K presented by NPR. Several of the most respected early elementary educators gathered together to create a list of consensus findings. http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/05/03/524907739/pre-k-decades-worth-of-studies-one-strong-message

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week

My favorite teacher is a man named Colin Hopper. He was an Abe Lincoln doppelganger who had a passion for history. He single-handedly turned my least favorite subject as a 10th grader into my future profession. He would encourage debate, treat teenagers like adults, and force me to think. I would leave his class so fired up sometimes the entire lunch conversation was about the debate in History class. Man, could that guy teach. He taught me to love learning.… Read More »Happy Teacher Appreciation Week

Five things to know about college freshmen

Really interesting, research-based, piece identifying what society needs to know about our ’13th’ graders. Issues explored include social media, mental health, and politics. http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-american-freshmen-20170501-htmlstory.html

What sets successful CEOs apart?

Really engaging read from Harvard Business Review detailing four key characteristics of successful leaders. This is just one great excerpt from the article you are linked to below Legends about CEOs who always seem to know exactly how to steer their companies to wild success seem to abound in business. But we discovered that high-performing CEOs do not necessarily stand out for making great decisions all the time; rather, they stand out for being more decisive. They make decisions earlier, faster,… Read More »What sets successful CEOs apart?

The Price of Progress

Culture eats strategy for breakfast – Drucker Education is changing rapidly. Every year, as the world we are preparing students for changes, so too must education. I admit, as an educator, the change can be daunting at times, but not only is it the appropriate thing to do it can also be exhilarating. In a great number of schools and districts throughout the nation, however, the change process is something that is feared and in essence conspired against by cultures… Read More »The Price of Progress