September 12, 2021
Does anyone else feel like they are starting their calendars from scratch again? It is sort of like when I recently returned home from a remote-work vacation, and my refrigerator was legitimately empty. Maia’s empty-ish fridge, with the…
June 12, 2018
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…
May 9, 2018
Remember our totally digital friend Sarah? We were together recently in Boston and experimented with what has turned out to be my recent favorite Outlook calendar trick. (Or “hack” if that is the language you speak.) Outlook Calendar is…
April 11, 2018
As I head into another heavy stretch of Together Travel, this reader question arrived via email. Now is as good a time as any to tackle! So many good questions here. And every household handles work travel…
October 10, 2017
When I bumped into Andrew K., a Director of Special Services and former ELA teacher, he already had it pretty Together. His charter school network is very Outlook-y, and he was very much in the habit of scheduling his To-Do’s directly into his…
March 14, 2017
Digital calendars are wonderful tools – until you try to make them work with school bell schedules. With most of my Together Leaders going digital, we needed to find a way to make the standard time scales in Outlook and Google work for school…
February 23, 2017
It’s time for another Together Talk! So far, you’ve met a district superintendent and a principal turned doctoral student. And today I’m featuring someone from the non-instructional side of the house — Kahlmus E., the Senior Director of…
February 9, 2017
Cody’s Weekly Worksheet caught a ton of hype on the blog, and so naturally I wanted to showcase a Daily Worksheet as well in case that happens to give more float to your boat. I recently spent time with John A., a principal in Denver, who…
August 12, 2016
As much as we love digital products here in Togetherland, we are also huge fans of various paper methods of organizing; see here, here, and here. So imagine my curiosity when I saw this nifty BestSelf Journal on Evan S.’s desk in New Orleans…
October 30, 2015
Inspired by my posts on Yesterbox and Slack? Looking to take charge of your email? Finally show your inbox who’s boss? As my wise friend Kelly always says, “Email is not your job, it is a TOOL to do your job!” While the Yesterbox post was a…