Trust Professionalism
What I Learned In School Today: Trust the professionalism of strong employees. As with any school, we enter the year with plans,...
Stay Patient with Everyone
What I Learned In School Today: Remain patient when developing procedures. A school is its own interconnected system of people in various...
Pre-observation Honesty
What I Learned In School Today: Communicating before an observation is important to make the observation process as valuable for everyone...


The People Make It Special
What I Learned In School Today: A school is not a building. It is a collection of people. Today we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the...
Building a New Program
What I Learned In School Today: There is a level of excitement when building a new program for kids. This year our school is implementing...
Flip the Switch
What I Learned In School Today: It feels good when a process takes root and something technological becomes a normal tool. Today we...
Make a Student Feel Special
What I Learned In School Today: It’s worth taking a moment to make a student feel special. As the kids were leaving school for the day, I...
Leadership Team
What I Learned In School Today: listening in a meeting can be more important than following the agenda. Committees exist within my school...
Procedural Patience
What I Learned In School Today: It’s okay if something doesn’t work perfectly the first time. Today we held our first fire drill of the...
Goal Presentation
What I Learned In School Today: Communicating goals is as important as the goals themselves. Establishing targeted school goals and...