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Essential iPad Apps for Principals

September 1, 2010 - 7:29 am

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I recently described my iPad workflow, and thought I should describe my favorite apps and how they support my work as a school leader. I would appreciate any comments or feedback you have on iPad apps. I’ve made an effort to describe each major app that I use, with special attention to its usefulness in [...]

Inspection Doesn’t Cause Improvement

August 30, 2010 - 7:01 am

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[Arne] Duncan and [Bill] Gates propose developing measures of effectiveness to get rid of bad teachers and increase the pay of good ones. It sounds like common sense. Or does it? This approach was called the “inspection” method by W. Edwards Deming, known as the father of the science of quality improvement. Inspection, he wrote, [...]

Essential Email Tips for School Leaders

August 28, 2010 - 9:28 pm

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Here’s my latest article: Essential Email Tips for School Leaders (PDF) Quick Tips (Summary): Cut down on email by unsubscribing from mailing lists and setting expectations with others. Use your mobile phone to keep up with “FYI” messages that require no action or that you can deal with while out and about in your school; [...]

Who’s Really Incompetent?

August 28, 2010 - 10:32 am

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“If you have a principal who knows there’s a poor-performing teacher and chooses not to evaluate him or her effectively, who’s really the incompetent person?” Mr. Weil said. –EdWeek on the “Dance of the Lemons” process for transferring teachers

Campbell’s Law

August 27, 2010 - 10:50 am

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Named for sociologist Donald T. Campbell, the precept holds, essentially, that the more that numbers are used for political purposes, the more they will be manipulated—and distort the decisions they were supposed to inform. The very measures that get bandied about most often—like those stellar test gains—turn out to be the most suspect, because their [...]

iPad Workflow for Principals

August 26, 2010 - 7:19 pm

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Inspired by @webgalpat‘s list of iPad apps and resources for school administrators, I’ve been thinking about how I will use my iPad this school year. I had my iPad for the last few weeks of school last year, but many new apps – and insights about how to best use the device – have entered [...]

Leadership Uses of Email

August 19, 2010 - 4:07 pm

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It’s easy for leaders who are deluged by email to see it only as a communication tool or even as a nuisance. What leadership actions can take place effectively over email? I find myself using email to: Delegate Inform Request Monitor Celebrate You?

Warmth is the Vital Element

August 18, 2010 - 10:47 pm

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One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. —Carl Jung

I’m Busy Thinking

August 17, 2010 - 9:03 am

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If you are always stressed and overworked, you won’t have the time or mental bandwidth to do the planning and thinking that effective leadership requires. But if you are never “busy,” other people will think it’s OK to take your time with whatever they want. I’m not suggesting that you pretend to look busy or [...]

Attention Is Everything

August 16, 2010 - 7:57 am

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“Attention is the holy grail [of neuroscience],” Mr. Strayer says. “Everything that you’re conscious of, everything you let in, everything you remember and you forget, depends on it.” –NY Times

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