by admin | Oct 7, 2013 | Blog
A principal I know has reported that in the first four weeks of school this academic year, he has averaged being called out of his building to meetings close to two days per week. At that rate of disruption to the critical work of being a hands-on leader, a principal...
by dwalker | Jul 9, 2013 | Blog
As a high school administrator—first an assistant principal and then a principal—I gave a lot of thought to the kind of behaviors I wanted to model for students. Students rarely see their administrators as full human beings who studied in high school, completed...
by dwalker | Oct 26, 2012 | Blog
This is the third in a series of blogs about school leadership and the Common Core Standards. The first blog explored the idea of implementing yet another reform and how school leaders can foster a sense of enthusiasm and openness. The second blog focused on the...
by dwalker | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog
School leaders face a significant challenge in implementing new reforms, which seem to come with increasing frequency. While the Common Core Standards hold promise for shaping a deeper, more thoughtful curriculum for students in English Language Arts (and...
by admin | Oct 22, 2012 | Blog
I am a first generation college graduate that grew up in severe city poverty. I wasn’t one of these children that didn’t know they were poor; I knew at a very young age. I was aware of labels that people shared to describe me from the time I was five. My mother...
