• Leadership /First Year of Teaching

    Leadership /First Year of Teaching Are you “Locked In”? I hope you had an opportunity to look at the picture I posted this week in anticipation of this article. Take a moment to look at the lion’s eyes. I see an intensely focused animal, single minded, and completely “locked in”.  This animal is focused on…

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  • Leadership/ First Year of Teaching

    Leadership / First Year of Teaching Why Am I Third String?  If you have been a steady reader of my blog, you know by now that I frequently return to my coaching background to make a point.  I do that again today when I discuss the concept of self-assessment. No driven competitor on the athletic…

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  • Leadership /First Year of Teaching

    Leadership / First Year of Teaching To renew or not to renew?   That is the question. Although the weather in the northeast today might belie the fact that spring is a week away, when the calendar reads mid-March, it signals the creation of the upcoming year’s school budget.  This process also signals the renewal or…

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