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Kevin Schaefer: Radical self-inquiry and creating LGTBQ safe environments
Kevin Schaefer is currently the Director of Program Support for the Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) project at the El Dorado County/Charter SELPAs. In this role, Mr. Schaefer works diligently to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities by...
10 Family Engagement Ideas that Work During a Pandemic
The “Burger King” Strategy You know their slogan. Have it … The main idea of the “Burger King” strategy is to serve up exactly what your families want. Whatever the need is, you provide the solution. Whatever question they have, you provide the answer.* “Super-Dad,...
Rex Miller: Humanizing the Education Machine
Rex Miller is a futurist by training. He began his career as a project manager in the architecture and construction department for Southwestern Bell now AT&T, in 1978. He has spent decades helping organizations leverage their environments as a catalyst to healthy...
How (not) to create a school vision statement: 10 pitfalls to avoid
Creating a school vision that resonates with your community is difficult work. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it and helpful posts like this wouldn’t exist. The truth is most school vision statements are average at best. Below are 10 pitfalls you can avoid...
Jeremian Newell: Reimagining Schools to Serve Disconnected Students
Dr. Jeremiah Newell is the founder and CEO of MAEF Public Charter Schools, which has opened the first public charter school in the state of Alabama. He has previously taught middle and high school, led innovative secondary school models for disconnected youth,...
August 2020 Results
Yikes! With my international move from Scotland to the USA, I am way behind on updating this dashboard. That's okay, I shared this post about self-grace recently. I just didn't know I was talking to myself! https://vimeo.com/459168950/6b4a48614f Past dashboard...
Tracey Runeare: Equity in school: The moral imperative to provide for your students
My experience in education includes 16 years teaching high school social studies, 6 years as a high school Assistant Principal, and I am now in my 5th year as Principal at Harbor High School in Santa Cruz, California. I have always been drawn to public education and...
Manuel Colon: Crushing low expectations and Helping others do the same
Manuel Colon is the Chief Academic Officer in the Anaheim Union HIgh School District. He has been instrumental in the implementation of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), which has been highlighted as a model in California. In addition, his work with...
10 Unique Leadership Styles in Education
At Better Leaders Better Schools, we like to be creative and think out-of-the-box. That said, we’re not going to talk about ideas you most likely have already found -- Leadership styles like constructivist, transformational, servant, instructional, etc. We want...
