Educators are nice people. We are taught to be positive and complementary and to give feedback that people can feel good about. What we...

So many times we talk about teacher engagement in the form of how engrossed they are in their professional learning. However, as I’ve...

This is the fifth installment of the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The purpose of the Hierarchy...

I do absolutely love the #oneword movement. It’s far more than a fad to me. It forces me to choose a focus and a motivation all in one...

When you set a goal, what does that look like for you? Do you write it down? Tell the world on Facebook or Twitter to hold yourself...

This is the fifth post in the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 In an effort to support professional...

I have used my blog as a professional outlet, as a way to work through issues and thoughts in a way that has allowed me to grow and...

This is the fourth post in the #hierarchyseries. The first post can be found here. Updated 10/9/2019 As I’ve mentioned in previous posts,...

This post is the third in the #HierarchySeries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The area of effective leadership...

The idea of the Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking came to me at a time when I was looking for a more concrete way to...

Awhile back, I began trying to delineate what needed to be in place for a teacher to really have the best chance of being innovative in...

I’ve read articles that describe social media as one of the reasons that teenagers have self-esteem issues partially because of how...

You’re at work. It’s been a tough day. You’ve had a hard lockdown drill, you were just told it’s time for another formal observation and...

Lately, I have been asked repeatedly by various people why I blog. I started blogging because one of my good friends, who I have a ton of...

I think sometimes there is a misperception that the amount of influence you have comes from how much control you can exert. You can...

Today, I was at a Technology Director’s meeting. I know it may not sound riveting exactly, but it is one of the best cross-district...

While I truly value my professional learning network that I’ve worked so diligently to build, there a few people in my life that I have...

In education, we often need to operate with a huge amount of faith in people. We need to have faith that administrators are going to lead...

Although our district has been 1:1 for about eight years, this is the first year we have implemented a student led helpdesk. I’m not...

Consistently exhibiting good leadership qualities is not always easy. Sometimes, I even find myself slipping into thoughts that would not...