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Coaches Can’t Do It Alone: The Important Role of Coachability When Coaching Collaborative Teams

Executive Leadership, Instructional Leadership

In a PLC, the difference between a good team and a great team is often the team’s willingness to improve, and the best way for teams to improve is to be coachable.

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“Show me the Data”: How Schools Can Appropriately Utilize Standardized Testing for Improvement

Executive Leadership

As schools reopen and begin to make sense of standardized testing data from the 2020-21 school year, principals and teachers should be thoughtful about how they use these data to support students.

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During Times of Crisis: Meeting the Social-Emotional Needs of Teachers

Executive Leadership, School Culture

The COVID-19 pandemic and civil and social unrest in our nation have impacted schools in ways no one could have possibly imagined. Inevitably, teachers have been challenged to strategically and carefully navigate their role to address the civil and social unrest in the U.S., as witnessed by the world, including our nation’s children.

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Why Stress is Linked to Health and the Principalship: A Management Perspective

Executive Leadership

Did you hear the one about the principal who went to the doctor because he was experiencing chest pains? The doctor asked, “Have you ever had a stress test?” The principal replied, “Sure, it’s called the principalship!”

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Hiring for Excellence

Executive Leadership, School Culture

“There are only two ways to improve schools; hire better teachers or improve the ones you already have.” I completely agree that we should hire better teachers and improve the ones we already have, but I think we need to go deeper. By deeper I mean I believe we have to improve our own processes.

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Finding Your Word

Executive Leadership, School Culture

What is so powerful about words anyway? Words give us a focal point. They also give us a goal, something to keep in mind.

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Coaches Can’t Do It Alone: The Important Role of Coachability When Coaching Collaborative Teams

“Show me the Data”: How Schools Can Appropriately Utilize Standardized Testing for Improvement

During Times of Crisis: Meeting the Social-Emotional Needs of Teachers

Why Stress is Linked to Health and the Principalship: A Management Perspective

Hiring for Excellence

Finding Your Word

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