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How Can Administrators Support Teachers

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving educational landscape, the role of school administrators is more crucial than ever. They serve as the backbone of schools, supporting teachers, students, and parents alike. By fostering a strong school culture, administrators...

How Can Principals Support Teachers

The role of a school principal goes far beyond managing the day-to-day operations of a school. One of the most critical responsibilities of a principal is to support teachers in their professional growth and overall well-being. A school principal's leadership and...

Gifts For Principals

School principals play an important role in the lives of students, teachers, and the overall school community. Their hard work and dedication often go unnoticed, but gift-giving is a lovely way to express your appreciation and recognize their efforts. This...

Executive Coaching For Principals

Executive coaching for principals has become an essential tool for the development of strong school leaders. This type of leadership coaching focuses on building the skills and capacities of principals and other educational leaders in order to drive school improvement...

Principal Evaluations

A common thread in education, no matter the state, location, or student, is that success depends upon leadership. Yet unfortunately just as common, is lack of a quality assessment. Often leaders I encounter will express that if they are evaluated at all, it's a...

The Best Principal Ever

When thinking back about your education from kindergarten to 12th grade, what do you remember about your principals? Did they have enormous respect from all the students? Did your community embrace them? Were they valuable to your successes as a student? How involved...

Build Resilience on Purpose

Photo by Norbert Braun on Unsplash Trauma and resilience--both are words we hear more and more often in education as we better understand the short and long-term impact of trauma on our students. We are becoming trauma-informed schools and leaders. We have implemented...

Finding New Ways to Think About Old Problems

Connie Hamilton has served many roles in over two decades as an educator. She has been an elementary and middle school teacher and instructional coach. As an administrator, Connie held positions as a principal at both the elementary and secondary levels and a central...