How do you know your students are learning?
This question as a principal, Am I sure the students are all learning? Use to keep me up at night.
However, then I learned that the best way to ensure students are learning is through daily classroom walkthroughs.
These walkthrough must be intentional and focused on making sure that students are not just learning but mastering the curriculum taught.
That the atmosphere is affirming.
That the students are engaged in the process.
That the teacher is aware of everything that is happening between the four walls of the classroom.
While you are walking through each classroom, the validity of the information you receive through assessments and benchmarks will be affirmed.
The first step in effective leadership is making a choice that is in harmony with our goals and desires.
I personally believe that the academic growth your students make, and the development of the teachers that lead them, will directly correlate to the effectiveness and the...
Start of the School Year Resources: Law of Priorities
The Law of Priorities states leaders never advance to a point where they no longer need to prioritize.
Great leaders know that activity is not necessarily accomplishment. Some of you have already started your school year, others are days away from inservice, the rest of you may still have a week or two of vacation before staff arrive.
To quote the great John Snow from Game of Thrones, "Winter is Coming".
Well, in your case, "The first day is coming" and you and your team must be prepared. (See our best resources at the end of this blog).
As a former teacher, principal, executive director and board chair you know what I have realized is most important when it comes to that first day? That first work day, first open house, first school day?
EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT!
My challenge to you is to be intentional about identifying the most important activities that need to be accomplished in order to have the best "first day" experience for staff, parents and students. For your team to...
