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School of Thought Blog
After the Hire: Steps to Onboard New Teachers
18 July 2019
It’s now the middle of July, and most principals have completed the hiring process—the most important job for administrators. However, I contend the hiring process extends beyond interviews and job offers. In fact, the steps we take after assembling our team are critical to teacher retention. With most schools feeling the impact of a nationwide […]
How to Beat Decision Fatigue
16 July 2019
You have to make 10 decisions before lunch, then after lunch you have 15 more to make before dinner. Have you been there? Educators frequently experience decision fatigue. There are literally hundreds of decisions that are made during a week, and decision fatigue is a real thing. What is the best lesson design for this […]
A Sweet Way to Infuse Career Education
11 July 2019
Every principal wants to make career readiness a priority. The problem many schools face is that there aren’t easy ways to fit it into an already packed array of required courses and subjects. I have seen schools push career programming into classes such as family and consumer science, technology, or even health. Unfortunately, each of […]
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Building Ranks™: Educational Leadership in Practice
School leaders are faced with increasingly complex requirements to meet the needs of each child and adult in their learning communities. Building Ranks™ supports school leaders by defining the “what” and “why” of effective school leadership. Based on two critical domains, Building Culture and Leading Learning, the framework targets 15 leadership dimensions. Grounded in best practices and proven research, Building Ranks is aligned with the NPBEA’s PSEL and NELP standards and serves as the framework on educational leadership.
Building Ranks is brought to life by the aligned Educational Leadership Product Suite:
- Building Ranks™: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective School Leaders
- What the Research Shows: Building Ranks™ in Action
- Interactive, customizable workshops led by expert instructors
- Diagnostic of Educational Leadership Practice
- School Culture Survey
- Educational 360º Survey
