Do you wish your professional development budget was larger? Great interactions, learning, and personal growth do not have to always include getting on an airplane. Here is another simple, great chance to expand your comfort and knowledge base with both design thinking and online collegial connections: There are more than 200 weekly Twitter chats hosted [...]
What if faculty and staff viewed their individual and collective affinities through the lenses of learning and pedagogy rather than the silos of class, department, division, or office? What if faculty, staff, students, parents, and trustees engaged in strategic-level thinking together, on a frequent basis, collaboratively and transparently aligning school resources directly in support of [...]
Design thinking is not a product, a deliverable, or a stand alone process. Used to maximum advantage it is a mindset, an approach, a system of practice. An analogy comes to mind: some see yoga as stretching or working out in a hot gym. Those who embrace the mindset of yogic practice reap greater rewards than [...]
I am SO excited to announce that my new book, #EdJourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education, is now available for pre-order...and with a nice pre-order discount on Amazon. I just had a call with a head of school who is ordering 150 copies for his faculty and staff! Delivery is in early September. [...]
Here is a great interview article with Jay Scheurle, head of The Miami Valley School, on the work we are doing at the school. I think it is a leading edge approach to defining a unique vision; creating a system-wide implementation plan in support of that vision; and building long-term institutional capacity for change and innovation. [...]
What is the balance between academic freedom for teachers to choose their own pathways in their own classrooms, and ensuring a strong collective all-school vision? How does the effective leader find this balance? Many (most?) teachers are extremely protective of how they choose to carry out their role in the classroom. In both public and [...]
I write almost exclusively about education, but woke up this morning reminded of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, and once again wonder at the acceleration of time and what it does to the global human consciousness. Can it really be just 70 years ago, a mere flicker in the movie reel of human, let alone [...]
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What are you doing June 10-11 and June 25-26? At home? Re-bounding from the end of the school year? Want to join some super talented colleagues and energizing conference sessions from the comfort of your sofa? Lurk and work with us at these two events via Twitter. If you have not remotely participated in a [...]
Last week, colleague Glenn Whitman at St. Andrew's Episcopal shot out an email to a number of us asking for recommendations for good summer reading reflections for his faculty. I thought I would compile the responses as I know this is going to add to my own iPad library this summer. Also, for any of [...]