After 15 years of experience in public high schools, I had my first opportunity to serve in an elementary setting as an assistant principal. I had an uphill battle convincing the teachers that I had credibility, especially coming with no experience in their world. I was in classrooms often in the first semester, trying to learn as much as I could as quickly as I could about K-5 curriculum and instruction.  Using the Right Tools I attended a fantastic workshop on summative and formative teacher evaluation that gave me many great ideas about how to conduct short classroom visits. These visits Continue Reading