Tag Archives: reflection
Teacher Leadership Academy
This is a blog co-written by a group of teachers who participated in the first Teacher Leadership Academy (TLA) in our district during the 2017-18 school year; I was one of the Amy administrators who created the TLA. Teacher Leadership … Continue reading
The Value of Reflection
While reflection might not seem like a relevant topic for my Time Management for Leaders series, stay with me for a moment! One of the ways in which leaders often lose time, or get sidetracked, is when everything is done … Continue reading
Empowered Leaders Empower Learners (#IMMOOC Season 3, Week 4)
I am participating in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with hundreds of other educators across the globe, about The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros. These are my reflections for Season 3, Week 3 of #IMMOOC, and the prompt: Relationships and collaboration … Continue reading
Characteristics of Adult Learning Environments [#IMMOOC Week 3]
I am participating in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with hundreds of other educators across the globe, about The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros. These are my reflections for Week 3. In Chapter 7 of The Innovator’s Mindset George … Continue reading
[Mentor Text Monday] ROYGBIV
The “mentor text” for this post is actually just an idea- an idea to use all the colors of the rainbow, ROYGBIV, in a blog post either through words or visuals. The amber brown of my tea looks up … Continue reading
New AND Different #IMMOOC
I am participating in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with hundreds of other educators across the globe, about The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros. The blog prompts for Week 2 are: In Ch. 1, innovation is defined as a … Continue reading
Fixed Mindset Painting
I am a HUGE proponent of Carol Dweck’s work around cultivating a growth mindset in schools. School cultures can benefit from a focused effort on this for students and adults. I have a growth mindset in many areas of my … Continue reading
Using Your Strengths at Work
In an earlier post, Coming from a place of strengths, I wrote about my experiences taking the strength-finder quiz at least two times in my life. Two years later, I am reflecting on my strengths once again. Today I’m wondering how I … Continue reading
What I Read in 2015
This year I have kept track of everything I read for my own memory, and as part of the #read15in15 challenge. While some bloggers write reviews of books read, or have articulated rating scales, I am much more informal. I … Continue reading
My Favorite Posts of 2015
I wrote 57 posts in 2015. Here are some of my personal favorites from the past year. A Year of Mindfulness – It was nice to end the year with a reminder of how I focused on mindfulness throughout the year, … Continue reading
Reflections on Leadership and Learning 