Mountain Lion Ambassadors, Building Leaders for a Lifetime
After a particularly difficult day at school, I could feel myself starting to question whether or not I still love my job. As I began my...
A Week-Long Walk in Our Teachers Shoes
During one of our weekly leadership meetings, my assistant principal asked, “Do you think we really remember what it was like to be a...
Instructional Routines Open House
Teachers can spend countless hours putting up bulletin boards, setting up learning centers, and rearranging desks before the first day of...
Guarantee Three… An Incremental Approach to School Turnaround
Within the first month of being appointed principal at Majestic Elementary, I was visited by my superintendent. This was the first year...
Cultivating, monitoring, and advancing a positive climate in your building
Majestic’s population includes families who are living in the homeless shelter, motels, apartment complexes with high turnover rates,...
Supporting learners who struggle, challenging those who excel, and maintaining high standards for al
Differentiating instruction to assure that learners at all levels are demonstrating growth is something that is very important to me....
