The best way to know you are making an impact on student and teacher learning is by being intentional about how you plan for the work to happen and how you notice the work that is happening before, during, and after. It also is important to be intentional with how you measure it at multiple […]
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Beyond the Help Desk
Do you ever feel like sometimes you are the help desk of the school? Perhaps it may feel like your office door is constantly revolving with problems, things not working, unhappy people, overwhelm, or calls for help. Whatever it may look like, this is all part of leadership. This will happen and it can really […]
Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset to School Leadership
There are problems in our world. There are problems everywhere you look. In fact, problems have become the main cast member throughout this pandemic that we are living in right now. And it feels so hard. Not one person isn’t affected and not one person has not had to shift and pivot to figure out […]
A Backstage Pass to Move From Transactional to Transformational and Instructional in School Leadership
Hard decisions become a part of the job description, let’s be honest. However, hard decisions have to come with a backstage pass to tell the story behind the your decision. In this post, we are going to get real familiar with hard decisions that leaders have to make by taking a backstage pass tour of […]
The Storms of Change
I’ve been doing a lot of research and soul searching lately in regards to being a leader. My passion is leadership. Leadership that engages people to want to take action. This passion to engage my community, family, friends, staff, etc. has lead me down some serious rabbit holes. However, the most common trend that comes […]
Momentum
Momentum. Great how do I build that as a leader? How do I use my vision to inspire my community to engage and take action? Where will I find the time for that? Maybe tomorrow I will build momentum and figure this visioning thing all out. Visioning? I have some kind of an idea about […]
Your Year
Happy new year! 2021, we are coming for you. You will not take us down like 2020 did. This is our year to learn from what we just went through and realize the importance of connection and face to face engagement. This is our year to start to make things happen and it all starts […]
My Three Biggest Mistakes in Leadership…And What I Did About Them
We are humans. We make mistakes. We fall. We get back up. The getting back up, that is where the magic happens. Do we get back up and try it again or quit and pivot completely, starting from scratch all over again. Now, if you have been reading my blogs or following me for awhile, […]
How to Make a Transition From Doing It All and Getting Nowhere – To Delegating, Engagement, and Promoting Solution-Based Thinking (oh and Save Your Sanity)
I am going to start with some tough love my friends and I am going to give it to you straight. Consistent productivity, engagement, and results are determined by your commitment. Bottom line. If you are not committed, than these things just simply will stay in the shallow. However, this commitment isn’t what you think […]