Think Big – Using Data Boards
Especially since the advent of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, schools around the country have been paying closer attention to their standardized test scores, their strengths, and…
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Jun
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May
The Importance Of An Emotionally Safe Classroom
Before any student can fully commit himself to learning in a classroom, he must feel emotionally safe, secure, and confident in his environment. Unfortunately, not all children have a stable,…
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Apr
The Power of a Checklist
Improve Your Effectiveness Without Increasing Your Knowledge An airline pilot and copilot begin the process of warming up the large aircraft in which they will shortly take off. The pilot…
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Feb
3 Things I Learned from Playing Football that Made Me a Better Principal
In 1984 and 1985 I was a squad member on the football at Southeast Missouri State University. Had it not been for a debilitating injury and the fact that…
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Feb
Man Overboard
The sun was beating down on me as I fought to reel in a five-foot barracuda. My boys, ages eleven and nine were offering words of encouragement as the seesaw…