Developing and Inspiring Educators for Over 25 Years.

It’s the time of year when our most talented and skillful educators decide where they’ll work for the 2025-26 school year. Meaningful work attracts top talent. Here's a quick read on Six Characteristics of Meaningful Work.
https://rutherfordlg.com/rlg_new/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Leadership-Notes-Six-Ways-to-make-work-more-meaningful-030719.pdf

I subscribe to these two publications in print form- real, shiny paper delivered to my mailbox at home. All my other subscriptions are digital, but these are my guilty pleasures. Knowing how old fashioned this is (and eco wasteful) makes me want to be sure to read every word.

An important leadership skill is knowing how to depart and arrive. Hit this RLG Leadership Note for ways to transition successfully: https://rutherfordlg.com/rlg_new/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Leadership-Notes-Leadership-Transitions-Succession-Planning-4_18_17.pdf

I’m excited spend a day on all things Artisan Teacher at Kettering Fairmont HS (OH) on 6/4/25. Come join us and bring a team! Registration info below.

Fun to be at Gamewell ES in Caldwell Co., NC this morning. Thanks principal Cathy Barlow for your kind invitation to observe classrooms to identify teachers’ strengths and complements to those strengths.

“Every teacher deserves a skillful, non-evaluative coach who can identify strengths and suggest complements to those strengths.”This is the essence of Next Level Coaching… from yesterday’s session at Shawnee Academy in Louisville.