Expecting Excellence

  • Leadership / First Year of Teaching

    Leadership /First Year of Teaching  The allure of the dark side  We chose education for a variety of reasons.  I want to be altruistic, sincere, and optimistic and believe people go into education to make a difference in the lives of children.  They are in it for the kids. A valued colleague and I have…

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  • Leadership / First Year of Teaching/ Best Practice

    Leadership / First Year Teaching /Best Practice Leadership lessons learned from the movie “Moneyball” for the classroom and school. The 2011 movie Moneyball provides an engaging look behind the scenes of running a major-league baseball franchise with significant fiscal limitations.  Some have argued that the philosophy illustrated in the movie and actually employed by the…

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  • Leadership

    Leadership The process of winning. In past posts, I have written about how each challenge in our profession can be viewed as a single competition.  Every day, we encounter many of these challenges.  Successful principals and school leaders share many of the qualities and characteristics of highly successful coaches.  Being successful in each encounter may…

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