Dear Districts: Time to Wake Up, The Teachers Aren't Coming
There's an interesting phenomenon that happens when it comes to change where the catalyst is adversity - people don't want to believe...
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Dec 2, 20204 min read
What did educators do pre-pandemic that’s helping them survive or thrive now?
One of the concepts I’ve been the most interested in since the pandemic started is why some educators are surviving or even thriving and...
Jun 15, 20205 min read
Three Ways Administrators Can Support the Social-Emotional Well-being of their Teachers...
One of the most common questions I get in regards to the way that educators may disengage or the topics on educator mental health that I...
Dec 10, 20193 min read
Reignite the Flames: Defining Educator Engagement and Disengagement
Listen to the Make Learning Magical Podcast by Tisha Richmond discussing this topic here. As I gear up to complete the follow-up book to...
Oct 29, 20193 min read
Where Vulnerability Becomes a Liability (hint: it’s the place where courage is born)
Vulnerability is currently a hot topic in education. I find it’s commonly viewed in one of two ways: either people believe it’s the way...
Sep 17, 20194 min read
Support and the Risk-Taking Cycle
You read about a new technology on Twitter. You love how the teacher used the tech to support learning and empower students. You decide...
Aug 1, 20194 min read
The Importance of Feeling Valued
One of the consistent aspects of any positive climate and robust, supportive culture is the feeling of being valued. When you feel that...
Apr 16, 20192 min read
The Things People Do When They Don’t Know You’re Watching
Since I’ve been in my current role, I have focused my efforts on what I have believed to be important supports for my department and the...
Mar 10, 20193 min read
The Importance of Communication in Climate and Culture
When I work with districts on the ideas in #DivergentEDU, communication is one of the most common areas recited as either supporting the...
Aug 19, 20183 min read
Be an Upstander: When the effect we have collides with the choices we make
In my district, the district administrators (with the exception of the superintendent and the business administrator) are all housed in...
Jul 11, 20183 min read
Is it better to be kind or right?
I am on Twitter because my friends are there. The ones who push my thinking and who I want to see what they are doing professionally...
Jul 6, 20183 min read
When Doing Nothing Causes Distrust
I believe that it is human nature to want to trust people, but it’s definitely a feeling that when broken, takes a great deal of time to...
Jul 2, 20184 min read
When The Ball Finally Drops
I was sitting in the car on my way to a doctor’s appointment this morning desperate, mentally willing my blood pressure to lower. I had a...
May 13, 20183 min read
Who Do You Want to Mirror?
I am absolutely hooked on the book The Body Keeps Score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD. It is...
Jan 17, 20183 min read
Building Trust with Challenging Conversations
Educators are nice people. We are taught to be positive and complementary and to give feedback that people can feel good about. What we...
Jan 5, 20184 min read
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: When the supports are in place
This is the fifth installment of the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The purpose of the Hierarchy...
Dec 20, 20175 min read
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: Professional Development
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...
Dec 9, 20174 min read
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: Mindset
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,...
Dec 4, 20174 min read
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking Series: Effective Leadership
This post is the third in the #HierarchySeries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The area of effective leadership...
Nov 29, 20175 min read
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: Climate & Culture
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...
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