TL;DR: Being an administrator is hard. Mindfulness takes time but provides significant benefits. A school leader’s day may begin with a 5:30 am alarm. Bus duty and car rider duty are usually in full swing by 7:30 am, earlier in some schools. Before the first bell rings, a principal may have an email from the central office, a phone call … Read More
Valuing Your Staff
TL;DR: Teachers need to feel valued and appreciated to thrive. Administrators should find ways to connect with their staff and make them feel valued. Teachers need to the opportunity to be heard and understood. This year when many educators are evaluating whether or not they want to stay in education, the bottom line is that leaders need to place more … Read More
35 – stop performing on the stage
no need to audition for your life. you have already been cast in the starring role. so stop performing on the stage. MORE EPISODES
Be Fearless and Teach with FIRE with Mark Taylor
Embrace passion and fearlessness because that’s what fuels you to be the best leader you can be! In Episode 66, Mark Taylor explains why it’s important to pay attention to what students want and provide a path for them to succeed. He mentions how he likes to use the FIRE acronym where F stands for Failure (to understand what … Read More
Virtue Signalling is Good | Jimmy Casas | Confirm what You Suspect
In Don’t @ Me (2:00), Tom opens with an assertion that on the net, virtue signalling is good. Then, Tom is joined by author, speaker, and leader Jimmy Casas (12:12) to discuss his book “Culturize” and to put the principles into practice. Finally, in Assessment Corner (51:24), Tom answers the question of how many questions should teachers use on a … Read More
