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Bonus: Tracey Benson: Introducing the Anti-Racist Leadership Institute
Tracey A. Benson, Ed.L.D., is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He is a former public school teacher, middle school assistant principal, and high school principal. Dr. Benson received his Ed.L.D. in...
Eric Adams: Healthy Eating in Schools
Eric Leroy Adams was born in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn on September 1, 1960, the fourth of six children for his mother Dorothy, a house cleaner and cook, and his father Leroy, a butcher. Growing up in a working-class household in South Jamaica, Queens,...
Mastermind Case Study: Shbrone Brookings
Principal @ Ralph Downs Elementary “After joining the mastermind, I instantly possess an attainable network of global resources.” Tell us what you do and what your work typically entails. I’m an elementary principal in Oklahoma City that gets the opportunity to create...
4 Reasons Why Limiting Your Candid Feedback Sabotages Your Progress
If you’re an educational leader, you’re probably not using candid feedback as often or as well as you should be. That’s as candid as we can be about it. And, mostly, it’s not your fault. Candor is a skill. It takes practice. It requires training. And, it’s not...
Jethro Jones: Designing a Transformative School
Jethro Jones, 2017 NASSP Digital Principal of the Year, is a former principal in Fairbanks, Alaska, and host of Transformative Principal, where he interviews principals, leaders, and influencers who help improve K-12 education throughout the world. He is also the...
September 2020 Results & Q3 OKR Reflection
Every three months I take a deeper dive into my goals. In this post, I will look briefly at September 2020 and extensively at my performance from July - September 2020. This post is on the longer side, but if you stick with it you'll learn a few things about goal...
Anthony Kim: Creative Thinking about School Leadership
Anthony Kim is a Corwin Press bestselling author, with publications including The New Team Habits, The New School Rules, and The Personalized Learning Playbook. His writing ranges the topics of the future of work, leadership and team motivation, improving the way we...
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,...
