Yep, it’s true: I’ve written before about International Binder Week. But I’m so into student and classroom organization that I can’t resist sharing some highlights from this year’s 2014 Binder Week at Harriet Tubman Charter School (part of Crescent City Schools) in...
Hey wait, did I forget to finish this series?! Yikes! Summer trainings got the best of me. I should have a checklist for my checklists. I would probably live my life in a checklist if I could. Just kidding! Sort of… In our Power of the Checklist series, we’ve featured...
This summer in California’s Bay Area, I met Sharon, an incredible school leader. Her meeting agendas are amazing (more on that later!), she’s all about instruction, and she has a wicked sense of humor. Sharon, however, was plagued by one thing: a somewhat disastrous...
This summer, I delivered a Together Teacher workshop in Houston for a group of almost 200 teachers. That’s a big room to manage! Right after, someone asked me about strategies I use to stay Together when working with large groups of adults. I imagine what I do is no...
Though right now I’m wrapping up my Seven-Week-17-City-Tour, when I’ve been back on the home front in the DC area, I’ve been trying to squeeze in both fun and errands. And of course, like that whole “hair adjustment” situation, I’m always on the lookout for ways to...
A lot of you took or are in the process of taking some fantastic summer vacations. Many of you are also traveling to fellowship programs, great PD opportunities or to see your families. There is a lot of literature around packing well, planning for trips, and so on,...
