Developing and Inspiring Educators for Over 25 Years.

This MTSS approach offers practical ideas for improving attendance. Congrats KHS on your success!

From this week’s The Economist: Quantification Fixation” is a cognitive bias that overvalues numbers over human insight and intuition. Clear applications here for Ed leaders. Thanks ⁦@TheEconomist⁩!

Beware the dangers of data

This 3:40 video does a great job of explaining some of the science behind TEEs (Time Expansion Experiences). We’ve all experienced these… interesting to learn more about how our brains bend time. Thanks @NeuroscienceNew!

Where do epiphanies come from and how can we experience them more often and more predictably? 52 min is a big investment, but worth it! Thanks @HiddenBrain!

Work design, professional culture, and effective leadership drive teacher retention. This article from today’s Charlotte Observer.
Why salary isn't solving teacher turnover: Survey finds work-life balance key to retention
https://www.mcclatchy-wires.com/incoming/article297400500.html

KY school leaders save the dates! Get better at speaking, presenting, advocating, influencing, persuading, interviewing, brand building, difficult conversations, and avoiding misunderstandings. 1/17, 2/25, 3/18 in Lexington + 1/16, 2/27, 3/19 in Bowling Green.

I was a middle school principal for 6 years… I wish I’d known what a gateway, and gatekeeper, 8th grade Algebra I was.

Great to be on the team at Gamewell ES in Caldwell County, NC. Thanks principal Cathy Barlow for the invitation to work with GES faculty and staff on school-wide improvement strategies. GES has a safe, caring, student focused culture… and is looking to get better and better!

Cold day in Kettering, OH, but a warm welcome for Feedback & Coaching Lab at Van Buren MS. Thanks Principal Natalie Snell and AP Stacey Gemin for hosting us today!