Happy Labor Day, and Happy New (School) Year’s Eve for many of you! I’m actually writing this post in early August in anticipation of being pretty overwhelmed and without much time for blogging in early September, between starting my new job and heading down the final stretch of my dissertation…
Category: Ed Leadership
Habits of Mind: Questioning & Prior Knowledge
This post is part of a series on sixteen “Habits of Mind” put forth by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick as being “necessary for success in school, work, and life” (Costa & Kallick, 2010, p. 212). Questioning and problem posing: How do you know? Having a questioning attitude; knowing what…
Edcamp Leadership 2014
This post originally appeared on the Edcamp Leadership blog on 21 July 2014: Monday, August 4th will see the third annual appearance of Edcamp Leadership, the unconference targeted specifically to educational leaders. Having been a part of the organizing teams for the first two Edcamp Leadership events, this particular Edcamp series…
Summer Unconferences
Update: This post originally focused on only three unconferences; I was alerted to two more in the area and so updated the post accordingly. If you’re in the general vicinity of New Jersey and Pennsylvania this summer, please keep your busy social calendar open enough to attend at least one of…
Turning the Page
It was just under three years ago that I announced here that I was leaving my district at the time to accept a school psychologist position in a new district. Tonight, I am thrilled to announce that I have once again a) accepted a new position for next school year, but b) I…