Expecting Excellence

  • Leadership

    Leadership “What? You have just received word that you have gotten the principal’s position that you have been pursuing.    You have apprenticed as a vice-principal for five years, and you have done all of the “heavy lifting”.  You start tomorrow.  What is the first thing that you should do?  My recommendation is that you go…

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  • 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

    Leadership Can a Leader be Open and Honest? Wow, what a question!  I hope everyone who reads this article today takes a moment to reflect and think deeply about this topic.  I was taken aback last week when a good friend and colleague of mine told me that he does not think any school superintendent…

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