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Posted on December 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
Let’s be honest for a second! As a classroom teacher, I remember the shouts and cheers when I would announce to the class that we would watch a movie that day! I remember thinking that I could get things graded, have conferences with individual students, or just hang out on the floor and watch the movie with my students. […]
Posted on December 6, 2015 3 Comments
I am so excited to be a part of the School Admin Virtual Mentor Program for another year. Two years ago, I had the privilege of starting with an amazing mentor, Ann Michaelsen, with whom I continue to learn and remain in contact. Today, I am honored to continue this journey with Jay & Jann and learn from them and their […]
Posted on November 18, 2014 Leave a Comment
Strategic abandonment is essential to educator sanity. We consistently describe the importance of taking things off our plates…especially removing things off the plates of our educators…but are we truly intentional about doing it!?! I sat in a meeting with my administrative teammates this past week and one of them (@jeremyvarnell) challenged us to decide what we would […]
Posted on February 16, 2014 2 Comments
In #SAVMP last week, we explored the ways that we can enhance and differentiate professional learning for educators. Similarly, as teachers do for learners, we must model this successful implementation for our professional development opportunities. Lecture and “sit and get” MUST be dismissed as learning methods for educators too! Although, it will take significantly more […]
Posted on January 26, 2014 1 Comment
As an aspiring administrator, the art of delegation may be one of my weakness. However, over the years, I have seen the effects of one who delegates well and the opposite of effective delegation. My fear to delegate centers around the task being done incorrectly. In the post this week, Amber Teamann (an awesome tech-guru […]
Posted on September 26, 2013 1 Comment
**This was unpublished draft since September** from the SAVMP. I thought I published it months ago, but I guess I did not. A real sign to reconnect. About a month or two ago George Couros, an inspirational technologically-driven instructional leader, presented the Twitter world with an amazing opportunity to form a mentor-mentor experience (yes, I […]
Posted on September 23, 2013 1 Comment
One of my core beliefs and values as an educator and future administrator is the power of authenticity. As a campus leader, it’s important that I model what I expect of others. My desire for others’ success must be revealed through my actions and decisions as a leader. There should not be any secrets and […]
Posted on September 18, 2013 1 Comment
About a month ago, SAVMP posted a lessons-learned comment log from principals all over the world. As I sift back through the posts, I wanted to highlight the thoughts that I connected most with and include their lessons learned in my Salad Bowl Effect of Leadership. Based on their experiences, here is my letter to me. […]
Posted on August 25, 2013 Leave a Comment
I have embraced a new call for education: Learners succeed in a future they create! This is our guiding principle at my high school in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and it has infused itself into my core beliefs and challenged me to prepare future-ready learners. But, how can I prepare learners for a future they […]
Posted on August 10, 2013 18 Comments
The empty space of this post stared back at me for a while as I thought about why I lead in secondary schools. I understand why I want to lead, but why I actually lead presented a different mindset and an opportunity for deeper reflection. Why I want to lead: Born into a family of […]
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