The Academic Leadership Year – Part 1
There are lots of things for school leaders to do between the time students leave school to the time they return for the next year,… Read More »The Academic Leadership Year – Part 1
There are lots of things for school leaders to do between the time students leave school to the time they return for the next year,… Read More »The Academic Leadership Year – Part 1
This tool can be used to focus academic leader/teacher end-of-year conferences and teacher professional development planning, or can be used by teachers to begin the rethinking of their program for next year’s students
Recently, I spoke with one of my mentee principals about the impact of the pandemic on his students’ learning and performance. We talked at length… Read More »Supporting the Whole Student: Lesson Learned from a Year of COVID-19
Ed Directions continues to emphasize the importance of preparing students to work at the level of the state assessment. We’ve also emphasized mastering the formats… Read More »Test Prep Planning – A Self Analysis for Schools
In our planning, the Ed Directions staff looks at state standards or expectations and come up with a plan as to how they turn those… Read More »Taking test preparation seriously even if your state tests won’t count this year
In our first mental health blog we identified an abbreviated list of pandemic related conditions that could create stresses and anxieties that will ultimately cause… Read More »Student Mental and Emotional Health – Part 2
For the last five years or so, Ed Directions planning teams have been studying the impact of mental and emotional issues on student learning and… Read More »Student Mental and Emotional Health – Part One
In the past, many organizations and business leaders used a reductionist view of the way things work inside their companies, adding the individual parts (i.e.,… Read More »Become a quantum business with the Five-Legged Model of Performance
The classroom has many lessons it can teach the boardroom. Five years ago, I wrote a series of chapters in the book HOPE for Leaders… Read More »What we can learn from the K-12 education pandemic response
Recently, I wrote about a principal’s request for me to review his school re-opening plan for students in April. I noted that his plan was… Read More »Education During a Pandemic: Returning to Traditional School/Classroom Settings – Part Two