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A new coronavirus disease, now known as Covid-19, has infected over 110,000 people world-wide and killed more than 4,000. The majority of cases and deaths continue to be in China, but now we are seeing a significant jump in cases in Japan, South Korea, Italy, Iran, and the United States. More noteworthy, last week, schools Read the full article…

Leadership Development Key to Effective Decisions

Education leaders have a lot on their decision-making plates.  Many find decision making has become far more complex because of different levels of urgency and focus. Leaders routinely have to deal with issues as widely diverse as operations, instructional leadership, equity, and student safety.  Bandura (2000),  once stated “When faced with obstacles, setbacks, and failures, those Read the full article…

The great innovators in history solve important problems that the world faces once in a lifetime.  The great INNOVATORS in EDUCATION solve important problems that student’s face on a regular basis.  In teaching, innovators in education are curious, they look for fresh approaches and tend to see a bigger picture than just their classroom. They Read the full article…

Our blogs are one way that we can share our experience in education and leadership and the great work that is being done districts by forward-thinking school leaders.  Check out our most read blogs of 2019: Initiative Overload:  Part 1 Can You Really Do It All? There is no shortage of worthwhile initiatives out there, Read the full article…

  End with the Beginning in Mind –As we close out the year, we tend to focus on what lies ahead – the holidays, plans for a new year, whatever it is that’s coming around the corner. But do we remember to reflect on our original goals?   New Year’s resolutions are famous for being broken Read the full article…

7 Essential Questions Does this sound familiar? Your Special Education Department is facing a big, costly (in both time and money) decision for your district. You are also facing the potential mayhem of: • Different/competing perspectives • Lack of information OR Information overload • Legal constraints • Budget constraints • Hidden agendas/Special interests • Too Read the full article…

Turns out you CAN fix stupid – even better, avoid it in the first place! “Good people make good decisions and bad people make bad decisions.”  Do you agree with this statement?  Probably not – I’m guessing we all have enough life experience to know that good people sometimes make bad decisions, and vice versa.  Read the full article…

Continuous Improvement (CI) is moving to the front lines of education. Many school districts have launched CI initiatives at the district-wide level and had great success. As a result, in recent years there has been a logical transition to push CI into the classroom. As these initiatives have fanned out to the schools it is Read the full article…

Special education departments, like many others, often start the year off with team building exercises –forging a strong foundation through personal relationships to move a group of people from individuals toward a cohesive working unit committed to a common purpose.  How can a department (or Child Study Team) build on this foundation to become what Read the full article…

Is there any doubt that a leader influences the culture of a district, department, school, or other group?  While perhaps not totally responsible for it, the leader plays a large role in helping create or sustain it.  That culture either works for or against you and your departmental or district goals and mission. In Mary Read the full article…