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Robyn Jackson: Leading on the Edge and Finding your Purpose
Robyn Jackson is a former high school teacher and middle school administrator. She is the founder and president of Mindsteps Inc., a professional development firm for teachers and administrators that provides workshops and materials designed to help any teacher reach...
The next big thing for school principals as we recover from COVID-19’s school closures
Effective leaders are proactive. I admire how quickly leaders around the world got remote learning up and running. Now they need to operate with one foot in the present and another foot in the future preparing for what is to come. In the mastermind, we...
A gift for your staff
Many educators are raising their hands because they are drowning and putting in much longer hours than usual. That might be due to learning the new tools of school in a remote space, but it also might be because of a lack of priorities. Batching tasks (or...
Was it a good day?
I journal every morning and ask the same questions. It takes about 5-10 minutes of my time – a worthwhile investment I’ve taught this process to many leaders and even created a podcast episode with a friend who took action and saw great results from...
9 ways to ruin your emotional intelligence if you’re a school principal on lockdown
“Your EQ is the foundation for a host of critical skills -- it impacts most everything you say and do each day. EQ is so critical to success that it accounts for 58 percent of performance in all types of jobs.” -Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves Intense emotions...
Dr. Tracey A. Benson: Exploring Race, Racism, and Unconscious Bias in Schools
Dr. Tracey A. Benson is an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and a former public school teacher, middle school assistant principal, and high school principal. Show Highlights Journey on a racial awakening...
April 2020 Results
Each month I post my dashboard results. I do this for myself first because these metrics are important and by making a post, it holds me accountable to do the work. But I also do it in public to teach and inspire you to do the same. So how did I do in April? Coaching...
Let it burn
An easy way to reduce the number of hours you work in a day: collect your fires and extinguish them at once. I’ve learned this about so-called “emergencies.” Most are not and if you let those fires burn, they extinguish themselves. Then there are fires that won’t go...
What do you want to hold onto?
I’ve completed two marathons. They were challenging experiences. Finishing a marathon is an accomplishment and one of the gifts you receive at the end is this: I felt like I can do anything I put my mind to. I felt that way after a week, months, and even a few...
