Recently my state has moved to a new leadership evaluation for school administrators. The new system consists of eight leadership standards for which I must provide artifacts and evidence to demonstrate my competency in each area. I am telling you this because over...
Well, that is a relative question. How much money is too much money? How many cupcakes are too many cupcakes? How many 4.0’s in the senior class are too many 4.0’s in the senior class? There are never too many of any of those. The number of classroom...
About the District Douglas County School System is headquartered within the Atlanta Metropolitan area, in Douglasville, Georgia. Consisting of 20 elementary schools, 8 middle schools and 5 high schools, this school district has an enrolment of about 25,500 students....
About the District Renton School District encompasses Renton, Washington as well as small portions of Seattle, Newcastle and Bellevue. With 4 high schools, 3 middle schools and 14 elementary schools, Renton School District has a total student enrolment of...
I recently wrote an article regarding why classroom observations should be conducted the week prior to leaving for a school break. Conducting classroom observations the day we return from a school break can be just as impactful. Here is why. We recently returned from...
Media-X partner, McREL, teamed up with student assessment developer, Measured Progress, on this White Paper detailing the call for a significant re-balancing of the formula that schools use to assess students. This paper details how utilizing curriculum-embedded...
