Filling Your Teachers’ Buckets
You need teachers. Good teachers with energy, enthusiasm, and expertise. Your teachers face a mountain of challenges in their work, often while pushing back on criticism of the profession and….
Author: Karen Maxon
Making a Difference for Others Part 2: Influence and Inspiration
You impact some; you influence others; you work to provide inspiration for everyone. While the scarcity of time prohibits you from impacting a large number of people, the savvy leader….
Making a Difference for Others Part 1: Impact
I want to make an impact on the people around me. That’s something that you might have stated as a goal for your work as a school administrator. So, how….
Your Teacher’s Drive
Daniel Pink, author of When, as well as To Sell is Human penned a book a few years ago that touches specifically on school, learning, and why people do what….
In Search For Control…And What That May Mean
Many teachers began the school year looking for tougher stances on cell phones and dress code. Maybe it’s about cell phones and dress code, but it might be something else.
Effective Performance Coaching
“Teacher support” covers a wide range of actions for the school administrator. It’s appreciation, it’s providing resources, it’s creating positive environments, and it’s also coaching your teachers to be more….
Complacency? Panic? How About Another Option?
Being a principal is a GREAT job; you can make a difference in the lives of lots of people, kids as well as adults. Being a principal is also a….
Change is a Process
Change. Read inside for nine facts about change and the school administrator. Our brains are hard-wired against it. The amygdala recognizes change as a threat and does its fight-freeze-flight thing….
New Teacher Support
We brought a group of excellent school leaders and current practitioners together at Brasstown Valley earlier this year. We asked them practical questions that can be of support to school….
Your Brain Needs A Break Before You Break Your Brain
If you are: finding yourself leaving school at 6:00 PM or after more than once a week (not including athletic or other events); doing work on your computer for more….