Summer Solitude – Be Back Soon!

Dearest Together Friends, Our regular monthly newsletter (sign up here!) goes quiet in July and August – and so does life here on the blog as we enter this heavy travel season and new project focus zone. But never fear, you can still find me in a lot of places! Follow...
Meeting Agendas: Before and After

Meeting Agendas: Before and After

As the school year winds to a close for almost all of us, it’s a great time to step back and evaluate your meeting structure for the next academic or fiscal year! Meetings are not intrinsically evil. But meetings that are not structured to improve results waste...
New Fave App of 2018: Notion!

New Fave App of 2018: Notion!

While technology is NOT the only answer to Togetherness, I’ve recently become enamored with Notion. And I’m not the only one who feels this way! Sarah W., the leader of Prospect Hill Academy Charter School’s Teaching Fellows Program in Boston, shared how Notion takes...
Guest Post: Five Ways to Support Together STUDENTS!

Guest Post: Five Ways to Support Together STUDENTS!

Guest posts are few and far between around here, but this Together Student thing keeps popping up. I asked a long-time colleague and senior leader for Denver Public Schools, Sean P., to share some Together Student ideas from across his district. Take it away, Sean! As...
Ashley’s Meeting Scope and Sequence

Ashley’s Meeting Scope and Sequence

This month I’ve been hanging out a lot in Together Leader 2 Land. . . What is this land, you ask? Why, I’ll tell you! It’s a land focused on Team Togetherness. Ashley, a school leader in Indianapolis, takes us there with her Meeting Matrix for the remainder of the...