Author Archives: Amy's Reflections
My Blog is 5 Today!
Each year, on July 14 (or later if I forget to hit publish on time!), I take a moment to reflect on my blogging journey. In 2012, after attending my first ISTE conference, I started this blog for my own … Continue reading
June ’17 Reading Update
This month I read 3 books, bringing my 2017 total to 21. Golden Prey (Lucas Davenport Series #27) – by John Sanford – I hadn’t read a Sanford Prey book in over a year, and I really enjoyed this one. … Continue reading
Revisiting My Core Values
A year ago I explored my core values with an activity by author Elena Aguilar. I wrote about the experience here. My three core values, based on that activity were: Equity Making a difference Trust This weekend I participated in … Continue reading
Pay it Forward
This year has been a year of mentoring for me. I had the amazing opportunity to participate in the AASA More Than a Power Lunch series for Women Educational Leaders, where I received regular mentoring from a Superintendent across the … Continue reading
May ’17 Update
I read only 2 books in May, making my 2017 total 18 so far. You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott – I’m not sure where I heard/read about this book, but it was an interesting, sad, mystery. Devon is a teen … Continue reading
Working with an Assistant
Today’s Time Management for Leaders Series post is about how leaders can work collaboratively with an assistant*. This is something I work on with new leaders who have come from a classroom teacher position, having never had an assistant before. This is an … Continue reading
Things I’m Loving Friday, Volume 20
On Fridays I like to share the things that help me as a leader and a learner. Please join in by sharing what you are loving lately! This week I was inspired by a recent #LadiesWhoLead Twitter chat led by … Continue reading
Organizing Resources to Share
I’m continuing my Time Management for Leaders Series with a post that connects to one of my strengths, Input. In my post Using Your Strengths at Work, I wrote about my Input strength: “People strong in the Input theme have a … Continue reading
Building teacher leadership capacity
When I was a new principal I was not good at building teacher leadership capacity. In fact, when I first became a principal, this idea wasn’t even on my radar. I did not have a clue that it was my … Continue reading
April ’17 Reading Update
In April I read 4 books, making my 2017 total 16 so far. I had a busy month with lots of travel and events, so I didn’t reach much at all. Faceless by Alyssa Sheinmel – This was a very … Continue reading
Reflections on Leadership and Learning 