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Clayton Reedie: A Heart Shift Regarding Family Engagement
Clayton Reedie is the current Director for the Campbelltown Principal’s Network in Sydney, the equivalent of a District Superintendent in the United States. He began as a teacher in 1991 and from there earned early promotion to Executive Teacher, Assistant Principal...
How to be a great school principal: 4 experts share their ideas
Today’s post is curated by a number of school leaders in North America (New York, Massachusetts, Utah, and British Columbia). There are obvious permission to play skills that principals need in order to be effective -- consistency, hard-work, determination,...
Success is like a mountain
Novice and veteran school leaders alike wonder, “How to be a successful school principal.” Being proactive certainly helps as well as these 10 skills that the best school leaders have. Successful school leaders also read … a lot.But I worry that wondering how to be a...
Erika Bare: A First Year Principal Takes on Sexual Harassment
Erika began her career as a special education teacher in the West-Linn Wilsonville School district. When her family relocated to Southern Oregon, she was fortunate to work in Medford as a special education TOSA, supporting the work of the Special Education Department...
July 2020 Results
Each month I update my dashboard and post the results in public. I do this to make sure I follow through and I hope to inspire some other leaders to start setting, tracking, and most importantly ... be accountable to themselves for the results. Note: I track my...
Effective School Communication with Staff and Parents
If you have ever said, “It’s in the newsletter they should know,” or “Why are people asking questions on something I’ve already shared?” then this post is for you. Former LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner has said, “Just when you are getting tired of sharing a message, that is...
What is the hot seat?
How much more effective would you be as a school principal if you: met weekly with a group of leaders hungry to get bettermet in a safe-space where you could truly ask for help when you needed itmet with leaders from around the USA and the world This is what we do...
Lori Villanueva: Do the Right thing for Kids
Lori Villanueva has been in education for 25 years, starting as a high school Biology, Music and AVID Teacher, and now serves as Superintendent in a rural district of 4500 in sunny central California. She keeps kids at the center of her decisions, and loves working...
10 uncommon skills great principals use
What does it take to be a school leader? Better yet, what are the qualities that make a great principal? First things first, every role has a set of basic skills you need in order to minimally qualify for the job. These skills are what I call permission to play...
