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Read MoreBlog: Do You Know Your Values?
Your Big Rocks indisputably flow from your values – so you guessed it - you must first identify your values.
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Read MoreBlog: Get Your Digital Act Together
Life seems to be returning to normal for many—and for many, there’s a new normal that leans heavily on a virtual presence.
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Read MoreBlog: Accountable: Creating a Culture To Achieve Your Goals
Accountable means being responsible and answerable for an action. When it comes time to set goals and expectations, accountable is the word one looks for when it comes time for results; meaning, who is accountable for the results?
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Read MoreBlog: Paradigm Shift: 4 Ways to Create a “You Can” Environment
A paradigm shift is something we all struggle with at one point or another. For teachers, a paradigm shift can be as simple as changing how one sees a student’s behaviour. But how does one shift their paradigms? Where does one start?
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Read MoreInfographic: 5 Tips or Better Student Engagement
Here are some tips for ways to forge a path through that mountain range and increase student engagement.
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Read MoreBlog: Reflection: An Essential Habit for Professional Development
Many believe the art of reflection is the only true path to growth, personally or professionally. Donald Schön suggested that the capacity to reflect on action so as to engage in a process of continuous learning was one of the defining characteristics of an effective professional (1983).
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Read MoreInfograhic: How To Be A Proactive Teacher
Here are a few things to consider to bolster yourself and remain in a proactive mindset now and in future situations.
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Read MoreBlog:Finding Inspiration: 4 Ways Teachers Can Inspire Themselves
As an educator, finding inspiration is just as easy as finding frustration is. Let’s be honest, teaching is hard, and it only gets harder every year. Teachers can choose to focus on the things they can’t control and, in turn, let frustration control them, or they can choose to focus on the things within their control and work on improving their influence with those around them. It’s all about how teachers approach their role in education.
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Read MoreBlog: Leader in Me at Home: Proactive Parenting
I first came to learn about Leader in Me while working for Lehigh Parkway Elementary School in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Besides there being more than one banner around the school highlighting leadership, it was also in our very own school quote: “A Lehigh Parkway leader knows the right, goes the right way, and shows the right way.”
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Read MoreBlog: Family Engagement in Schools: Leadership Skills Start at Home
Family engagement in schools is a vital part of education in the classroom. Family engagement is the foundation in which students learn how to interact with others outside of the family. What is modeled at home, is modeled in the classroom. So, how can parents help their children be model students? The answer is to Think Win-Win.
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Read MoreBlog: Definition of Student Leadership & How to Unlock its Potential
Certainly, there are people who can be considered natural leaders because of their inherent characteristics. Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and George Washington are examples. However, research in several fields—including emotional intelligence, social-emotional learning, and positive psychology shows that anyone, even young children, can learn and develop leadership qualities.
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Read MoreBlog: Positive School Culture: What Matters the Most in K-12 Education
Positive school culture is just as important as a curriculum. School culture is the environment in which the students are learning and interacting with other students, teachers, and lessons during any given day. So, how does your school’s culture make you feel? How do you feel as you pull into your school’s parking lot? Are you excited and ready to start the day, or do you have a sense of dread flood over you? Hopefully, you are the former but if the latter applies to you it might be time to ask
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Read MoreBlog:How Social Emotional Learning Programs Can Help Your Students
Choosing the right SEL program for your students may seem overwhelming with the various options available. But there are criteria one should be aware of before choosing the right SEL program for your school.
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Read MoreBlog: 5 Tips for Better Student Engagement
Student engagement can feel like it’s the tallest peak. The most basic function of a teacher is to teach and their most basic goal is for their students to learn. We fantasize that our students would be at the edge of their seats just thirsting for our knowledge, but this picture is far from reality. Between the teaching and the learning can be mountain range of challenges.
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Read MoreInfograhic: Making Deposits Into Your Child’s Emotional Bank Account
When an emotional bank account has more deposits then withdrawals the people involved in that relationship will trust each other.
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Read MoreBlog: Creating Lifelong Readers: A Supportive Classroom Culture
Creating lifelong readers is a common goal of educators for their students. But how can educators help ensure not only a student’s success in reading but also a student’s love for reading?
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Read MoreBlog: Perspective: 3 Ways to Challenge Yourself and Your Views
“When literally hundreds of students arrive in unison each morning like a giant wave, or when they depart en masse at the end of the day like the tide going out, it must be difficult for educators to always keep in mind that ultimately, in the final analysis, every child is a one – a unique spirit with gifts. And lest anyone forget, every teacher and administrator is also ultimately a one, having their peculiar package of experiences and their own one-of-a-kind package of talents. What greater
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Read MoreBlog: Two Education Leaders Share Insights on Creating Change
Leader in Me encompasses many important principles and actions, from the 7 Habits―and the meaningful ways in which they integrate with one another―to the paradigms that help leaders of all roles and ages to develop the proper mindset for making change. When combined and proactively applied, these strategies are foundational to transformative change.
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Read MoreBlog: Planning With Purpose
The end in mind for this post is to (1) motivate you and (2) provide tools to help you make specific plans for living effectively and interacting successfully with other people.
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Read MoreBlog: Empower Teachers Who Empower Students
How can educators empower students to discover and pursue their dreams?
