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The Ultimate First Year Principal Checklist: How to Make a Legendary School
Congrats on landing your first principalship. Now the real work begins ... (and if you haven't signed your contract just yet, read this blog post). The start of a school year is like a rocket launch. You've put in tons of effort and planning. The energy and excitement...
How Can a Principal Support Teachers? 12 Strategies for Effective School Leadership
"When a principal sneezes the entire school catches a cold."--Todd Whitaker Principals set the tone of the school. As the instructional leader for your campus, you are crucial in fostering a collaborative and encouraging environment that helps teachers to succeed...
Build Resilience on Purpose
Photo by Norbert Braun on Unsplash Trauma and resilience--both are words we hear more and more often in education as we better understand the short and long-term impact of trauma on our students. We are becoming trauma-informed schools and leaders. We have implemented...
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Hannah + Nate with Team From AI Student to AI Entrepreneur: A Ruckus Maker’s Journey
Hannah Williams is the founder of d’Skills, a VC-backed startup shifting students from test prep to life prep. Her own unorthodox journey began at age 12 when her father handed her a phone to close a real estate deal from a blue pickup truck
Small Actions, Big Impact: Mike Cronley on Creating Environments Where Everyone Matters
A veteran superintendent reveals how shifting from a mastery mindset to an unfinished mindset can transform school leadership and create environments where innovation thrives, student voice matters, and continuous growth is celebrated.
10x Leadership: Dr. Mike Lubelfeld’s Guide to Empowering Superintendents
Hannah Grady Williams is the Chief Rebel at d’Skills, where she helps students transform their passions into real-world projects using AI.
