Category Archives: Leadership

Community Conversation – You’re Invited!

Over the past five years I have become increasingly aware of the importance of an educated and engaged citizenry regarding effective education systems for our future generations and the children in front of us today.  At the height of my … Continue reading

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Transformational Leadership

I informally rejected and have laughed with people when I talk about the “transformational” aspect of my job, until today.  An educator who has been in this business since I was a child stopped me to share that some of … Continue reading

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What are you transforming?

Transformation is such a lofty word that implies a huge overhaul of something. With the odd name of the team I’m on right now, “Transformational/Instructional Coaches”, we’ve received plenty of jabs and jokes.  I’m still hoping someone does give us … Continue reading

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What Do You Read?

From time to time people ask me what I read to keep up with things from the classroom to the world.  Wide reading is a requirement at Sutterlearn.com and here are some of the sources I read regularly: Education Week … Continue reading

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What Is A Coach? (3of3)

This is the third in a three-part series of posts examining my evolving understanding of the “transformational/instructional coach” role that is new in our district, based directly on conversations I have had. Teacher Friend: You’ve never taught in my (grade/subject/building/classroom) … Continue reading

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What Is A Coach? (2of3)

This is the second in a three-part series of posts examining my evolving understanding of the “transformational/instructional coach” role that is new in our district, based directly on conversations I have had. Parent Friend: So what do you do in … Continue reading

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What Is A Coach? (1of3)

This is the first in a three-part series of posts examining my evolving understanding of the “transformational/instructional coach” role that is new in our district, based directly on conversations I have had. Me: What do you think about the coach … Continue reading

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The Marathon Metaphor Is A Lot of Simile

It was actually my wife’s goal to complete the Detroit Half Marathon today.  I just joined her for the time it provided us alone for early morning and sunny Sunday afternoon walks together as we trained.  As I ran, I … Continue reading

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Learning Is A Process

I’ve been watching the learning process a lot lately, but I just didn’t realize it.  As some teachers I work with are learning to use a new curriculum tool, others are learning to restructure their instructional time to reteach to … Continue reading

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RT3 Winners and Losers

I was recently reading an article about how states who won Race To The Top (RT3) funding awards from the federal government are now struggling to create appropriate models that evaluate teachers using 40% student achievement data and 60% observation … Continue reading

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