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Taking Time for You
Wellness (noun): The state of being in good health, especially as an actively pursued goal. In a field of serving others, how often do we take time to take care of ourselves? Not just a spa trip,...
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Variability and Vulnerability: Leading the Way for All
I am an unabashed super nerd. While most administrators I know roll their eyes and let out a heavy sigh at the mere mention of administrator meetings or mandated conferences, I actually get excited. I...
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Maximizing Space and Talent in Your School
I think one of the best parts of being a principal is when a fleeting comment becomes an idea, an idea becomes a conversation, and that idea then becomes an integral part of your school’s DNA. These...
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How We Became Believers: What We Learned Implementing an SEL Program
We knew we were looking for something to help our students transition to high school successfully, but what we didn’t know was that we were looking for social-emotional learning (SEL). Opening a new...
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The Zero-Waste Revolution in Schools
Hawaiʻi is an isolated island chain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is desperately short of landfill space and good soil. Located on the windward side of Oahu in beautiful Kailua, Kaʻōhao...
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Creating Career Pathways With the Academy Model
When I became the principal of West Craven High School, a rural school in North Carolina, I realized that only 30 percent of my students attended college after graduation. As a principal, I’m concerned...
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Experiencing the Loss of a Student or Teacher: Responding to Crisis
Over the past seven years, Beachwood High School in Beachwood, OH, has been severely impacted by the untimely deaths of eight individuals—seven students and one teacher. In all seven cases in which a...
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The Power of Walk-Through Observations
Think back to when you were a classroom teacher. Imagine your principal walking into your classroom to conduct a walk-through observation. Does a wave of anxiety wash over you? Do you dread the fact...
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Passion and the Principalship
Leadership in the K–12 educational setting is challenging. Everyone looks for the one magic formula to address various grade levels, communities in a district with different needs, best instructional...
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Maximizing Space and Talent in Your School
I think one of the best parts of being a principal is when a fleeting comment becomes an idea, an idea becomes a conversation, and that idea then becomes an integral part of your school’s DNA. These...
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How We Became Believers: What We Learned Implementing an SEL Program
We knew we were looking for something to help our students transition to high school successfully, but what we didn’t know was that we were looking for social-emotional learning (SEL). Opening a new...
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The Zero-Waste Revolution in Schools
Hawaiʻi is an isolated island chain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that is desperately short of landfill space and good soil. Located on the windward side of Oahu in beautiful Kailua, Kaʻōhao...
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Creating Career Pathways With the Academy Model
When I became the principal of West Craven High School, a rural school in North Carolina, I realized that only 30 percent of my students attended college after graduation. As a principal, I’m concerned...
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Experiencing the Loss of a Student or Teacher: Responding to Crisis
Over the past seven years, Beachwood High School in Beachwood, OH, has been severely impacted by the untimely deaths of eight individuals—seven students and one teacher. In all seven cases in which a...
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The Power of Walk-Through Observations
Think back to when you were a classroom teacher. Imagine your principal walking into your classroom to conduct a walk-through observation. Does a wave of anxiety wash over you? Do you dread the fact...
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Passion and the Principalship
Leadership in the K–12 educational setting is challenging. Everyone looks for the one magic formula to address various grade levels, communities in a district with different needs, best instructional...
View ArticleHow Twitter Can Serve as a COVID-19 School Resource
With the “new normal” that we are all facing and trying to navigate during the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantines, communicating with our school community has a sense of urgency about it unlike anything...
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My Letter to Families: ‘We Will Get Through This’
Leaving school last Friday, I’m not sure that any of us knew what to expect. I know as I leave tonight, for the last time for a while, I’m feeling similar emotions. Tuesday was our last day with kids,...
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A Principal’s COVID-19 Diary: Perspective
Because I’m moderately overwhelmed by the admirable level of virtue that I see on social media amongst, well, everybody, especially educators, I’m hard-pressed to find something original I can...
View ArticleThe School Leader as Connector in Chief During #COVID19
Never in a million years did I think I would be writing a blog post on how school and district leaders are supporting stakeholder efforts while locked down in their homes due to a worldwide pandemic....
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