I recently had occasion to answer this question in writing: What characteristics define an excellent administrator? Bearing in mind I had to keep my answer concise, here’s what I came up with: When I reflect upon the excellent administrators with whom I’ve worked, they have all possessed a few common…
Category: Ed Leadership
Giving Students a Voice
I just completed a timed writing sample as part of the application process to the Doctor of Education program I’ve mentioned previously. The prompt required me to take a pro or con stance on allowing students to participate in the curriculum development process. Please forgive the lack of links or…
When Teachers Struggle
Although I live in Pennsylvania, I have worked in the New Jersey public school system my entire professional career, first as an English teacher, and currently as a school psychologist. If you follow politics in NJ, you know that much of the new governor’s platform rhetoric is built around getting…
Leadership Day 2010: From the Ground Up
For the fourth year running, Dr. Scott McLeod out of Iowa State University’s CASTLE program has invited educational bloggers to share their thoughts on topics surrounding educational leadership as it pertains to technology. In my 2009 entry, I listed four key attributes of someone I considered to be a superlative…
I Get Around
As is often the case with bloggers, the more active I get offline (or IRL, to those in the know), the less active I tend to be online, or at least on time- and thought-intensive pursuits like blogging. As usual, I have a few post ideas brewing, but at the…