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Making Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Making decisions as a leader can be complicated. Sometimes, we try to make everyone happy. Other times, we feel constrained by time and other factors, making a decision in a vacuum. Although these are unprecedented times, decision making is a constant in all organizations and …
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Challenging Conversations: An Opportunity, Not a Burden
The happenings of the world are causing increased anxiety in so many of us. Schools are creating plans, backup plans, and backup plans for those backup plans. The landscape of education has changed and so have the rhythms of the typical communication flow. Educators and …
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Managing Communication Overload
Relationships are the most important part of schools whether remote or in person. Therefore, it is vital to keep on top of communications as a way to build responsive and trusting relationships, especially during these uncertain times. When a parent is struggling with supporting their …
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Black Lives Matter, Brown Silence Hurts
PRI Educational Consulting is committed to supporting Black educational leaders, teachers, and staff and collaborating with schools and educators to develop anti-racist curriculum and resources for the K-12 grades. As I watch the news each day, I am sickened in my heart, mind, and body …
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Truths or Contradictions
While reading Dare to Lead by Brené Brown, I was struck by this idea that we can embrace seemingly opposing qualities to become daring leaders. Brown talks about having a strong back and soft front to be a daring leader. She goes on to say …
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Remote Learning/Parenting/Teaching Resources
Below is a list of books/podcasts/articles/games and other resources that I think would be helpful to manage this unprecedented time in our lives as educators and parents. There are resources for educators and parents below. I gathered these resources from sites that I find helpful …
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The Little Engine That Can
“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” ― John Dewey In this time of remote learning, we are all adjusting to doing things differently. As experienced educators …
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10 Tips for Parents Teaching Their Kids At Home
When our son, who is now almost 21, was 6 years old and struggling to learn to read in first grade, my husband turned to me and said, “You are a first grade teacher, can’t you teach him to read?!” It seems so simple. I …
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Poetry magnetizes both depth and the possible…
“Poetry magnetizes both depth and the possible. It offers widening of aperture and increase of reach… To step into a poem is to agree to risk. Writing takes down all protections, to see what steps forward. Poetry is a trick of language-legerdemain, in which the …
