Add Some Sriracha to your Welcome Back PD
No one wants to attend your bland ass meetings. Delete those sad powerpoints and put some sriracha on your Welcome Back PD!
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culturally responsive leadership
We made it through a Pandemic! Blow Up Your Bell Schedule
Do you STILL have a 6 period day? What the hell are you thinking? Blow it up.
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Project Based Learning IS culturally responsive teaching, 5 Reasons
PBL is starting to catch on across the country. It’s important that we understand why it works for students of color and every body else too.
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Daily Greetings Strengthen School Culture
Why should you stand at your school’s entrance every day? It can have a major impact on your culture, your relationships, and your leadership. The outcomes will surprise you.
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White Supremacy Culture is Poisoning your School
White Supremacy Culture is running rampant through your schools. What are you going to do about it?
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16 Signs that Real Change is Happening in your School
When you are in the belly of the beast, it feels like you are getting slowly digested. But little do you know that the beast is changing. Culturally Responsive Leadership is about looking for the signs of change.
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Book Review of White Fragility (Pt. 1/4)
If you’ve attempted racial equity work in schools, you have seen how white fragility can torpedo the whole plan. What is it and what can you do about it?
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Do I Still Want to Be a Principal & 10 other Winter Wonderings for School Leaders
December is a time of reflection and rest, but also a time when my mind runs wild. Here are 10 questions that are on my mind.
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Feeling like Luke Skywalker – Return of the Principal
Before the winter break, I wondered if I still wanted to be a principal. After 2 weeks off, I am feeling a lot like Luke Skywalker.
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The Power of Leaders of Color
Leaders of color just might be what schools are missing!
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Principals, Maximize your Impact on the 1st day of School
How do you get the most out of the first day of school?
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Visions of Schools without White Fragility (4/4)
What does it look like, sound like, feel to have a school without White Fragility?
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Top 9 Posts in 2018 + Awards
If you wanted to know our 9 most popular blog posts from 2018, check them out. White Fragility, education conferences, and master schedules; Oh my!
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How does White Fragility inform your leadership? – Principal Interview with Shawn Mansager (Pt. 3/4)
Here’s a white principal’s perspective on pushing through white fragility.
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What to do when leading alone – 10 Tips
On an island? If it feels like it’s just you, here’s 10 tips to build your team.
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A Principal’s reflection on NTAC 2018
I spent a week in St. Louis, at the New Tech Network Conference, where I learned more deeply about PBL and how to support my teachers.
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Win the war & Transform your school – Book Review
Bullets are flying, bombs are bursting, and the kids are the casualties. School Leaders are on the frontlines.
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Summer Reading for School Leaders to Level Up
Reading is fundamental to growth and leadership development. But it does matter what you read. If you pick the right
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Facebook Live Interview – What is Culturally Responsive Leadership?
This week I was lucky enough to talk about my thoughts on Culturally Responsive Leadership in an interview with Rachel
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7 Summer Conferences for Equity Leaders, that are better than vacay
Here are 7 Conferences that you can attend to take your leadership to the next level!
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