• 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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  • Leadership / First Year of Teaching / Best Practice

    Leadership /First year of Teaching / Best Practice Giving Feedback Grant Wiggins describes feedback as more than just hearing comments made after the fact, namely: advice, praise, and evaluation.  He asserts that feedback is the information we receive about how we are doing to reach a goal. (Wiggins, 2012 )  Usable feedback followed by advice…

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  • Leadership / First Year of Teaching / Best Practice

    Leadership / First Year of Teaching / Best Practice The Importance of High Expectations The pursuit is the journey, and excellence is the destination.  I strongly believe in that statement.  My work and my writing reflects this thought. The journey to excellence will become derailed if you do not set high expectations for yourself and…

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