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 […]
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If you have been following along at home, this is the third in a series of four articles about teacher supervision and evaluation practices. We looked at how the teacher contract impacts teacher evaluation (Is Your District’s Teacher Evaluation System Stopping You From Being An Effective Instructional Leader) and how you as the site administrator
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Sometimes the best way to define something is to include descriptions of what it is NOT. I believe this is true in the case of defining a learning-focused culture. It is complex and multidimensional, which makes it difficult to fully describe. Must it include a fully-functioning PLC framework? Does it mean that reading and math
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I am going to admit something that you need to know…I have not supervised teachers in a virtual environment. I recognize and honor the incredibly difficult work you are engaged in right now. I do not take for granted that you are truly doing the best you can to support EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY at your
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In my experience, both teachers and administrators believe that the teacher evaluation system in their district is not ideal. As a teacher, the evaluation process varied from being told what my goals and objectives would be for the year to writing my own annual goals and objectives that are never revisited throughout the school year,
In my last post, Is Your District’s Teacher Evaluation System Stopping You From Being An Effective Educational Leader?, I wrote about my teacher evaluation experiences as a teacher, school administrator, and central office administrator. If you have not taken the Health of Your District’s Teacher Evaluation System Quiz from this article, I encourage you to
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The changes to how instruction is being delivered across the nation are difficult to comprehend. I have been focused on classroom instruction in the traditional sense for decades and it has taken me some time to find how I can contribute to this current reality in K-12 education. Over the past weeks, I have had
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I’ve been reading a plethora of articles and participating in just as many, if not more webinars/live streams from a variety of educational leaders. I typically find these resources on my social media feeds. In fact, I created a “best of” list in my last post and highly recommend that you check it out and
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