I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown is a powerful best selling book. It is currently #4 on the NYTimes Bestsellers list. The book is a perfect read for school communities. Faculty, middle and high school students, and parents will learn so much about race, class, dignity, DEI (Diversity, Equity,…
Reading to children has always been a treat for me. During the pandemic, I have not been able to be with them in their classrooms, so I read to my iPhone and passed the links on to the teachers and parents. Here are the links to most of my video reads. Hope they can help…
So much is happening in education—on all levels—and will continue into the summer, fall, and the 2020-21 school year. In January a colleague of mine took on the role of Head of School of ICL (Institute for Civic Leadership) Academy, which is a 100% virtual school (grades 7-12) affiliated with the Dwight School. He passed…
I love this video for kids, teachers, AND parents. It provides a little boost in life and what we need as we go through “paralysis analysis” in determining next steps for our children, schools, AND homes. [embedded content]
It’s back!! One of the most fun things that MM and I have ever done is this principal gift exchange! I’ve shared her post below. Come play with us! It’s a secret principal gift exchange! What started as a small event between 22 people has grown into a national secret gift exchange. School leaders from…
It’s a secret principal gift exchange! What started as a small event between 22 people has grown into a national secret gift exchange. School leaders from all over the United States and Canada exchanged gifts in celebration of principals everywhere. Since this event has grown to over 400 school leaders, my online principal BFF Amber…
It’s no secret that I love a good font. When I taught technology classes back in the day I always started with the caveat that secondary people loved my classes for their content, but my elementary people loved me for my fonts and clip art. #both Anywho. Back to fonts! I’ve been asked to share…
Can you think of a more important school tradition than the end of the year awards ceremonies? There are lots of important school traditions. I don’t know about you but I never thought we’d have to carry these celebrations out virtually. During a pandemic of all things. This post is going to share with you…
I find myself asking what are we learning from this historic pandemic? Some thoughts and resources . . . Humanity is far better off when everyone is working together, rather than forming tribes and forcing people to care for their tribe rather than caring for humanity, especially when we look at the world population. In…
End of the year teacher check-out can be stressful. Couple that with an international pandemic and closed schools. Now you have quite the recipe for significant stress. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. I recently went live in a principal facebook group and talked through our plan for teacher check-out. Hopefully, some of…
