I’m smiling as I write this week’s post. I met Justin a few months ago down at IDEA Public Schools in the Rio Grande Valley. I could tell he wasn’t a classroom teacher when I peered over his shoulder at his calendar—and then I got REALLY…
Welcome to a brief summer organization tool review series! I’ve come across several new and old productivity tools in the past few months, and I can’t wait to show them to you. Summer is a great time to bolster your habits AND to be sure you…
You all know by now that I’m decidedly neutral on your whether or not your organization tools are screen-based or paper-based; I just care you that you have them and you use them. Index cards, commercial planners, iPads, Outlook, Google,…
Credit: Brian Taylor for The Chronicle It’s teacher-hiring season all over the country! As a former interviewer and hirer of teachers, principals, deans, operations directors and more, I’m always interested in how organizations and…
We are all more than teachers. . . We are also family members, friends, parents, church leaders, community organizers, amateur bowlers, runners, and chefs. At school alone, many of us take on additional responsibilities like becoming grade level…
As you know by now, I’m obsessed with all things organization in service of our success—and our sustainability. I am not, however, a devotee of any particular tool, paper or electronic. Finding the right organizational tool is like finding the…