Who owns your PD?

Who owns your PD?

Who owns your PD? By Pete Hall In the never-ending quest to provide ongoing professional-growth opportunities for our staff, employees, and teams, we tend to rely heavily on leadership to identify needs, isolate the direction, and implement a PD plan. But what happens...
Let the coaches coach

Let the coaches coach

In various forms, instructional coaching initiatives have cropped up all across the educational landscape over the past few decades. Based originally on research from Joyce & Showers (1980) and reinforced in multiple studies since, instructional coaching is the...
The Magnifying Power of Self-Reflection

The Magnifying Power of Self-Reflection

If I were to tell you there’s one rather simple, replicable behavior that could lead to remarkable success in whatever venture you pursued, how would you respond? Would you reply by asking if I’m also offering to sell you a piece of the Brooklyn Bridge? Well, indeed...
The Power of Principal Mentoring

The Power of Principal Mentoring

Too often, principals are handed the keys of the school-house and told, “Good luck!” The principalship is arguably the most influential, and most challenging, position in today’s educational landscape. Serving as middle-management (supporting district and state...