This is a site that challenges the walls of our mind, our classrooms, our houses to transform into windows. These windows allow us to collaborate, connect, learn, and inspire each other through being visible, modelling, and instilling healthy habits every, single, day.
I want to share a story with you—a story that’s not just close to my heart but one that has been the driving force behind a pivotal shift in my approach to leadership. This is the story of how I went from inadvertently overwhelming my team to inspiring them to reach new heights, and how […]
We are halfway through the year and we are in the thick of it all. It is a busy time of year and it really does go quickly. As administrators part of our job is to ensure teachers, support staff, and leaders are receiving professional development as part of our teacher and leader quality standards. […]
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Who doesn’t love a good system to get things done! I am all about the after effect of solving a problem… but the work to solve it isn’t always easy. However, the work does feel more achievable if we actually have a plan and know clear steps to solve a problem or learn something new. […]
Pandemic? That definitely puts a wrench into our plans as leaders to have the best year yet! Or does it? Do we have to make this really hard thing even harder by wallowing or staying in the endless abyss of unknowns? Or can we start to climb? What if we start to take one step […]
Well, we didn’t see that coming! Who knew that 2020 was going to turn out this way? And so…we, leaders, pivot. We figure it out and keep moving. Some of our schools are going back to brick and mortar classrooms with heightened health and safety protocols, some are going back to partial days in school […]
The concept of teacher autonomy refers to the teacher’s views of professional independence in schools and especially the degree to which they can make autonomous decisions about what they teach and how. Jeffrey Kays (2016) viewed autonomy as Pavlovian and referred to autonomy as an axis that intersects with alignment. He stated that the degree […]
To be visionary as a leader, is to be visible. We have to be where the people are so that we can really see what is happening with their story. Not only that, we learn. We lead better when we know what is happening inside the walls because we are there too. However, we need […]
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