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Robyn Jackson – 3 Podcast Take-aways
[listen to the podcast that inspired this post here] Disciplines and rituals. We all question our role from time to time. Something seems stale, out of place. Or you see someone in another position and start to wonder, “Is that something I could do?” But how do...
Jen Owen: Pandemic pivots and Co-creation
Jen is a local here in Atlanta (an "ATLien") where she is on a mission to make education humanizing and equitable for ALL learners. Shortly after earning her BS.Ed. at UGA, Jen’s fire for student-centered learning was ignited on a year-long adventure in New Zealand. ...
Jonathan C. W. Jones: Uplifting black male educators
Jonathan C. W. Jones is a seasoned award winning educator and founder of Ideation4, working with educators, schools, districts, nonprofit professionals and under resourced communities through grant workshops, coaching, consulting and innovation. Currently he’s working...
January 2021 Results
For the past two years, I've been doing a monthly post on my dashboard results. This will be my last dashboard post. I find more value in reflecting on my OKRs each quarter. That post tends to be more expansive. I find it to be a better tool because it combines...
What running taught me about building leadership capacity
I took up running 5 years ago. I had given running a few “passing thoughts” in 2011, when I signed up for a 5K with a mom’s group, but didn’t make running a habit until 2016. I only ran up to the 5K distance for the first 4-5 months. Then, I added miles in order to...
Emily Alexander: Building true diversity in school
Emily Alexander is a Partner at Thomas, Alexander, Forrester & Sorensen LLP, a law firm in Venice, CA. She also has served as the Board Chair at New Roads School for the last 6 years. New Roads is an independent school in Los Angeles dedicated to authentic...
Dave Burgess: 3 Podcast Takeaways
[to listen to the podcast that inspired this post click here] Sometimes, you’ve just gotta be a ruckus-maker! When Dave Burgess set out to write his first book, Teach Like a Pirate, he quickly ran into some barriers put in place by publishing companies that wanted...
The Most Important Leadership Hat: Self Efficacy in Education.
As leaders, the demands on our time are always present and simply demanding. We are pushed, pulled, and sometimes even dragged into situations that we wish, at times, also contained a secret escape hatch. On other occasions, we are like the White Rabbit from...
Four Strategies for School Principals Coping with Stress
2020 has been the most challenging year yet in education. Whether it be from the yo-yo-ing of going from in-person to remote, and back to in-person due to quarantines and school closures among rising COVID numbers in your community, you have undoubtedly felt...
