Leading is Serving

In the initial chapters of their new book, Innovate Inside the Box , authors George Couros and Katie Novak tackle the common barriers...

Because I am a connected educator, I am a better educator. I am active on Twitter for professional use, I listen to educator-produced p...

Just as no two students are exactly the same, no two teachers and no two schools are the same either. Because of varying experiences, pe...

In chapter one of Katie Martin's new book, Learner Centered Innovation, the author presents a graphic depicting "The Evolving R...

It seems impossible, measuring innovation. And yet we must find a way to show its impact. Proof is powerful when you are trying to convi...

Can you imagine asking your staff at the end of the school year, "If you could describe your dream position next year, what would i...

In the same way that George Couros asks us to imagine inquiry based learning for staff as well as students, I'm imagining substitut...

As George Couros says in The Innovator's Mindset , "If we want meaningful change, we have to make a connection to the heart bef...

School is about knowing a finite amount of core knowledge in an organized way that makes it easy to replicate in multiple settings with a...

In The Innovator's Mindset , George Couros proposed several "What if" questions to help us reflect on a new vision for sch...

In Part I of The Innovator's Mindset, one idea that really gave me pause for reflection was the quote from The Center for Accelera...

     I #loveteaching because of the impact I get to make on our future. I believe all children come to kindergarten with enthusiasm, joy, an...

Like so many schools, ours is working toward improving our climate. Our Safe School Climate Team is made up of several very caring and dedic...

Some who read the title of this blog will understand it immediately. Some may need clarification. Some will think I've written an oxymor...