Together Talks: Ann Clark, Superintendent

Together Talks: Ann Clark, Superintendent

My obsessive wait for this blog to post each week, along with my secret love of these posts, has inspired me to start regularly highlighting interviews with stellar leaders and teachers who can share their personal reflections on the role of Togetherness in their...
Checklist Alert: New Staff Onboarding

Checklist Alert: New Staff Onboarding

Whether you work at a school site, district office, or nonprofit, this time of year is often when new team members start hopping onboard. What a perfect occasion for a checklist! On a recent trip to The Management Center for my usual skulking around for Togetherness...
To Batch or Not to Batch. . .

To Batch or Not to Batch. . .

Many a productivity guru (or, as I like to fancy myself, an educator-who-wants-to-get-a-life guru), advocate for batch processing: grouping alike To-Do’s and doing them all at one time. You know, like during my teaching days when I would make 5 peanut butter and...
Cloi’s Opening and Closing Routines

Cloi’s Opening and Closing Routines

I met Cloi, a wonderfully Together first-grade teacher, at a recent training here in DC. From the moment we met, I was drooling over her Together Tools. There is much to share, but I honed in on her paper-based Weekly Worksheet with a focus on her ROUTINES. Here’s a...
What To Do with “Found” Time?

What To Do with “Found” Time?

Most people are trying to squeeze the most they can out of their time, but what about when you have “found” time? For example, last Monday, I FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY had my TSA pre-check appointment way out in Alexandria, VA. For those of you not familiar with the...