Building trust on a school site is one of the most important things we can do to make real movement happen. Without trust, it is impossible to cultivate a positive school or classroom culture. Without a positive culture, we can never truly empower our people or ignite their passion. And without passion – from both… Read More The Easiest Way to Earn and Burn Trust
Over the years, the pathways into the teaching professional have diversified, meaning many new teachers are entering the classroom with varied levels of traditional student teaching experience. Regardless of their background, the transition into their first classroom requires targeted, intentional support. This reality highlights the critical need for high-quality professional development that equips these educators… Read More Building the Toolbox: New Teacher Walkthroughs
Can I tell you a secret? I have a love-hate relationship with the summer on a school campus. As a school administrator, my days extend quite far into the summer. That’s okay – I knew what I was signing up for. Yet, it’s such a weird experience on a campus. On the one hand, it’s… Read More Professional Development Calendar
Hello friends! I know – it has been a while…but that’s life. I am so excited to share a great tool with you today that will make your teaching easier and more enjoyable while increasing the rigor in your classroom. It’s called Brisk for Teaching, and it’s an AI-powered platform that helps you create and… Read More Brisk for Teaching Tutorial
Once we established our positive behavior expectations, our PBIS team’s next big goal was to create a sitewide behavior intervention flowchart. In this flowchart, the goal was to: Clearly define the difference between minor and major behaviors Outline a process for minor and major behaviors Create consistency across the entire school We found a TON… Read More Schoolwide Behavior Intervention Flowchart
As you may have been reading from my previous posts, our site has been on a journey to improve student behavior through a tiered and systematic approach. Specifically, we have begun implementing a variety of Tier 1 strategies from the PBIS model. During our first year, our goal has been to: Create a positive reward… Read More Creating Sitewide Positive Behavior Expectations
Last month, I shared the start of our PBIS journey in hopes of improving student behavior through a tiered system of support. Over the last quarter, we have been piloting our PBIS program to determine if this is something that we want to implement in the following school year. As I mentioned in my last… Read More Getting Started with Tier 1 PBIS
Back in December, I experienced one of the most struggling and discouraging moments in my educational career. It wasn’t one particular thing that happened that caused this moment. It was a million little things that led to a feeling of discouragement and a moment where I truly questioned whether or not I was in the… Read More Starting Our PBIS Journey
Hello Friends! Yep – I am still here. I know, it has been a while. In fact, my last post was nearly 5 months ago which is the longest I have gone without writing a post since I started this blog back in 2016. For several years, I wrote a post every single week but… Read More Life Updates & Writer’s Block
Last month, I wrote a blog post on my favorite game-based learning platforms which inspired me to create a PD presentation for a conference within my district. When I was asked to present at this conference, I figured that many educators may be overwhelmed with SO many things right now that I wanted to create… Read More FREE PD: Getting Going with Game-Based Learning
