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Flick the Domino (#6)
Why Great Feedback Starts With the One Move That Changes What Happens Next Uncorking leadership, learning, and the conversations that move schools forward. Two weeks ago, we talked about The Coaching Echo: coach actions should change teacher actions, and teacher actions should change student outcomes. Last week, my rolling desk and I argued that leaders…
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Know Their Birthday (#5.5 A Special Thank you Addition to The BEST TEAM EVER)
The Small Things That Turn Colleagues Into a Team & Family Uncorking leadership, learning, and the conversations that move schools forward. My Director of Math bakes. Of course she does. She measures things for a living. Apparently, when the recipe says ¾ cup, she uses exactly ¾ cup. I recently learned, not with actual cups,…
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Heels & Wheels (#5)
My Office Had Four Wheels, and It Made Me a Better Leader Uncorking leadership, learning, and the conversations that move schools forward. At some point in my school leadership career, I acquired a rolling desk. Not a standing desk. Not one of those fancy treadmill desks. A literal desk on wheels. Picture a small cart…
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The Coaching Echo (#4)
Why Student Outcomes, Teacher Outcomes, and Coach Outcomes Should All Tell the Same Story Uncorking leadership, learning, and the conversations that move schools forward. Last week, we talked about a myth. Schools don’t fail because they lack vision. They fail because vision never becomes systems. This week, let’s tackle another myth. Student outcomes are owned…
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I Have Been Personally Victimized By School Retreats (#3)
Uncorking leadership, learning, and the conversations that move schools forward. Before you read this, you are going to need a nice, bold Cabernet, because you are going to realize sometimes discussing vision isn’t the beginning of a successful school year, it is the end. I love a good school retreat. And by love, I mean…
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The Conversations That Built Edutipsy: The best leadership lessons happened after the agenda ended. (#2)
Uncorking leadership, learning, and the conversations that move schools forward. Why I Started This Blog I’ve spent my career (and still do) leading schools, opening schools, coaching leaders, building systems, analyzing data, navigating crises, celebrating wins, and learning hard lessons. I’ve sat in board meetings. I’ve sat on kindergarten carpets. At this age, I have…
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Welcome to Edutipsy: Where educational leadership is discussed with curiosity, clarity, and a little perspective. (#1)
Uncorking leadership, learning, and the conversations that move schools forward. If you’re looking for a blog filled with polished buzzwords, color-coded frameworks, and the latest educational acronym, this might not be your place. Then again, maybe it is. Maybe the strongest leaders love a color-coded framework. Maybe they use it with precision, care, and a…