Don’t Blame the Teacher Innovation in an organization requires an environment that cultivates growth. If a plant fails to thrive, we do not blame the plant. Rather, we adjust the conditions where it has been planted. Similarly, we cannot expect teachers to innovate if we do not foster a culture that supports them. Teachers who […]
Bridging the Divide A buzzword in education only a few short years ago was the “Digital Divide”, a research backed reality reflecting the fact that communities, districts, schools, and students were in a category of “haves”, “have nots”, or somewhere in between in regards to equitable access to technological devices at home and/or at school. […]
Servant Leadership Open up a news app or social media stream and it becomes clear that we are living in a world that lacks empathy. We ask students to engage in respectful discourse, to back up their claims with evidence, but do we practice what we preach? Leadership is about service. It is very easy […]
Andragogy – Pedagogy for Adults We often hear educators discuss the importance of research based, effective pedagogy for our students. Coaches and administrators ask teachers to actively engage students, personalize learning, and design experiences for students to construct knowledge through exploration. Sadly, these well-meaning adults may plan staff meetings and professional development sessions in which […]
I had the great honor of participating in an organic blogpost series and webinar with EdTechTeam, using the hashtag #HowWillYouLead. A series of email threads, a shared Google Doc, shared Google Slides, and virtual conversations with educators interested in the topic of leadership fueled this collaborative experience. The following blogpost and archived webinar are also […]
In reflecting upon my work as an educational leader, I have found that I must start not with Why, but Who. This past October I began developing a vision to create a global network for educational leaders, Site Leaders Connect. The vision was to spark innovation through collaborative conversations, to build capacity and affect change […]
I had the great honor of collaborating with fellow innovative educational leaders this October, as a member of Google’s #TOR16 Google Certified Innovator cohort. The experience, held at Google’s Toronto headquarters, not only provided the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of forward thinking educators from across the globe, but it also allowed me […]
In working with districts and school districts across California’s Central Valley, leaders often ask me to teach their teams to use tech tools in the classroom. The most common request is that I lead trainings on digitizing student tasks. While I appreciate that these administrators seek to increase technology use in classrooms, their focus concerns […]
Collaborative planning conversations gave rise to a new direction for our elementary summer school program – a vision to unite multiple schools in a project based learning environment around a single theme. I had the privilege of joining a group of three other principals, with the support of district administration, to craft a dynamic learning […]
As defined by Richard & Rebecca DuFour, collaboration is “a systematic process in which we work together, INTERDEPENDENTLY to analyze and impact professional practice in order to improve our individual and collective results”. Technology tools can serve to accelerate the collaborative process, breaking down geographical barriers, easing time-bound restraints, and encouraging collaborative systems that extend […]
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