Tips for an Effective Collaborative Inquiry: the work of instructional leadership

(Image: https://centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/xchange/teacher-collaborative-inquiry/) I contend that next to maintaining safety, instructional leadership is the most important role of a principal. It is supporting academic achievement through instruction related to our curriculum. When looking at the curriculum, one must view curriculum as the living and breathing application of learning how to learn. It is the intersection of the …

Tips for Blogging and Building a Digital Portfolio

(Image: https://buzzghana.com/blogs-ghana/) The process of increasing my technological literacy has been an ongoing journey, yet one I had been resistant to over the years. There had always been someone else who would either do it FOR me or walk me (or carry me) through it. I recently completed a Principal Development Course with the Ontario …

What does it mean to fail?

  Why would we call people “failures”? The totality of someone’s life has possibilities for challenges, obstacles and successes. Therefore, to summarize a life as failed is a deficit mindset. It is an individual deeming a person’s existence as a waste, without possibility, a self-fulfilling prophecy that tells warrants giving up. (Image Source: thestrategygroup.com.au) For a …

What does it take to build collaborative cultures?

Setting up in my new office in July... During my first meeting with staff, while reviewing the 2017-2018 school calendar and the following week during the summer vacation, a few staff members mentioned some events and activities that the former principal coordinated for the school at various times throughout the school year. This included organizing …