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.
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 […]
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 […]
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. 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 […]
There’s a lot to pay attention to when it comes to school leadership. That’s the beauty and the beast of it. The beauty is that you are so needed for ideas, input, solving problems, topics of conversation, everything, etc. The beast? Well, the beast is that you are so needed for all of the above […]
Overwhelm and problems can take down the best of us… if we let it. As leaders, we are often found being the ‘go to’ for all types of things. The ‘go to’ for help or support. The ‘go to’ for questions. The ‘go to’ to receive confirmation or accolades. The ‘go to’ as the source […]
A colleague isn’t quite contributing like you want them to or perhaps you feel like they are interrupting you or undermining you. Every time you offer an idea, the resounding ‘yeah but’ or ‘no, that won’t work’ echoes a response. Someone throws you some serious shade every time you walk into work or your home. […]
Have you ever stood in front of your community and stared out into the abyss of empty stares, silent head nods, smiles, tired faces, only to land on that one person who has their hands folded, glaring at you. You know that person is not digging what you are saying, have no intention of moving, […]
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 […]
The importance of pouring into three buckets in order to live a life that you love is crucial. I know, I talk about this all of the time, but this is so important!! In case, you are new to my ponderings and discoveries, I often talk about the importance of pouring in three buckets every […]
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