Creating a culture of self-supervision

How do we create cultures of continuous improvement in our schools? Recently I blogged about teacher self-supervision and titled that post as "Part 1". Well, you know that phrase, “the more you learn, the less you know?” In this follow up post I intended to talk about the importance of making sure that administrators and …

Part One: Encouraging Educators to Open the Door on Their Practice

I’ve just returned from the IB Global Conference in Vienna and am buzzing with ideas—two of the sessions I attended were sharing some of the updates to the PYP and one of the big shifts is about promoting teacher agency. Exactly what we have been working on so far this school year. How exciting! I …

A Moment to Reflect…

  For me, Sunday mornings are my time for reading and reflecting on my work. I wake up, get my coffee, and read the articles and blog posts I have been collecting all week. As I started to read and think about writing a new post, I realized that this week felt like it needed …

The Importance of Feedback for All

According to John Hattie, feedback is one of the most powerful influences on learning and achievement. If this is true for students, shouldn’t it also be true for the adults in the building? Too often teachers receive feedback on their practice only one or two times per year. How many of us only get into …

Building Culture Through Language

As the new school year begins, I have found myself thinking a lot about how to most effectively build and maintain a positive school culture which fosters personal responsibility. At my current school, we have quite a few new staff this year which has been an opportunity to revisit and refocus on our school values …

Leading and Learning: Building Teacher Agency

One of the questions I am digging into as we wrap up this year and begin to plan for next is how to continue to build teacher agency. What is teacher agency? Teacher agency is defined as "The capacity of teachers to act purposefully and constructively to direct their professional growth and contribute to the growth of …

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton