What Is a Professional Learning Community? I just read this publication in Educational Leadership; What is a Professional Learning Community? It is a topic
Month: February 2020
High-reliability schools
A high-reliability school, by definition, monitors the effectiveness of critical factors within the system and immediately takes action to contain the negative effects of any
Who students know matters!
I have been giving it a lot of thought lately, the power of connections. In my line of work, as a school leader/teacher it might
Organizational Learning and Collaborative Structures
I just read this article and it reminded me of our last staff meeting. We were getting set to looking more closely at the new
11 Phrases to Effectively Respond to Complaining
How to respond to complaints You might recognize the situation. As a school leader most likely have several complaints during the day. Some will write
“Year-end tests are autopsies, not assessments: they explain what went wrong after it is too late to change course.” — Paul Bambrick-Santoyo in Leveraging Leadership
Is Assessment Ready to Move Beyond Standardized Tests? These MIT Researchers Think So. By making assessment playful, we can get closer to measuring the things