The Gift of Time
Leadership20 – in our last session Pat Bohnet talked about admin giving teachers the gift of time. Things are busy. We all know that in addition to teaching, there’s lots of other things on our plates....
View ArticleOther People Have Great Ideas!
In our last Leadership20 webinar, one of the presenters mentioned her principal learning to juggle and showing her progress at assemblies. I thought this was a great idea. The idea of taking on a new...
View ArticleBlogging about Why Blogging Works for Me.
I will be presenting about Blogging, and to some degree Twitter at our January 31st PD Day. A panel of teachers from Sturgeon will be talking about Social Media in the schools. I am glad to see this...
View ArticleThe Missing Safety Factor
I came across a term recently that really got me thinking. The term is Academic Safety. We talk about Safe Schools, Safe and Caring Schools, Digital Safety, Safe and Inclusive Schools, Playground...
View ArticleEvolution of a Blogging Portfolio
I am presenting a session at our Division‘s PD tomorrow 0n personal blogging for teachers and administrators. It is part of a panel presentation on Social Media in Schools. I only have about 20...
View ArticleMaking Your School a Place Where People Want To Work
Do I work in a perfect school? By no means! Is this a great place to work? Absolutely! Not every day is easy, there are times when the stresses of work get to us. There are things that happen that help...
View ArticleWhy Being Connected is Bad for Some People
Being connected via Social Media is Great – well at least I think it is. I love learning from what people have to say and links they post. I always dedicate a portion of my morning sorting through...
View ArticleWhy Do We Assess? Really?
I’m currently on a break during our Provincial Curriculum Committee Meeting. I really like this group as we generally spend part of the time sitting with Alberta Education and talk about what direction...
View ArticleI Respectfully Challenge That!
One of the topics that my assistant principal and I have touched on lately is respectful disagreement or challenge. As leaders we need to be open to the opinions of others, whether they agree with us...
View ArticleThe Problem of Power
I’ve seen this happen, not with everyone, but I have seen it. The Problem of Power.
View ArticleDon’t Blame the Students!
One of the follow ups to Provincial Achievement Tests is the inevitable analysis of the data. Whether the results are good or bad, there are things that can be interpreted from the data. While I am...
View ArticleBeing Open to Change
Not many people like change. They fear it and are comfortable with things the way they are. I am fortunate to work in a school division where many people are positive toward change and will take time...
View ArticleThe Leader in Everyone
Seven members of our school staff and one parent are attending a two day Leader in Me Symposium at the University of Alberta today and tomorrow. I am looking forward to hearing lots about what they...
View ArticleLessons from the Swimming Pool
Being one of the only males in a small school means I have the good fortune of going to supervise swimming lessons (well, more accurately I supervise groups of 30-40 naked boys running around the...
View ArticleREDCAMP 2013
I had the opportunity to attend REDCAMP in Red Deer, yesterday. The opportunity came to my attention because of Twitter. I have never attended an edcamp before. Sean Grainger (@graingered) posted a...
View ArticleWhat Does Principal Engagement look like?
So, I’ve seen a lot of posts on Twitter and on blogs lately about Student Engagement. As I was perusing through Twitter today, I misread one of those posts by substituting principal for student, and...
View ArticleMoving Forward
I will have the honour of a new Vice Principal in the fall. He has been a VP for 5 years now and has a lot of experience in inclusion and behaviour. I look forward to learning from him and his...
View ArticleRevving up For BACS Identity Day #1
This Thursday, we have our first ever Identity Day. I have my board ready, and I know many of the students do as well. There are a few students that we have some concerns about getting one done, but we...
View ArticleCan Everyone be Visionary?
I have an eye appointment next Tuesday after school. My eyes are getting worse very quickly and the glasses I have just aren’t cutting it anymore. I am not happy about having to get new glasses (they...
View ArticleWho Am I Here For?
I don’t remember the exact question, from the interview I had for getting my Vice Principal job in Sturgeon School Division, but I do remember responding that my job was to be an advocate for the...
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