You might find this a bit weird of me, but I often find myself researching successful schools. I’m always eager to know and understand what other schools are doing. It’s common for me to sit and just search out schools
If you haven’t started using student data folders, it is a tool I highly suggest. These folders are in the hands of the students. They’re tracking and monitoring their own data. Teachers debrief with students after checkpoints and have critical
I’m going to start off by prefacing STAAR testing is not fun for anyone. I can’t sugar coat it. It is what it is. If you are not familiar with Texas assessments, here is a quick introduction. We have our
You might be thinking why is it that I’m just now talking about RtI to my school. Well, I have accepted a principal position this school year in a new district. It has taken me a few weeks to lay
High-quality teaching is vital for student success. We can all agree that quality professional development is essential to improving teaching. When teaching improves, students will benefit. I’m very passionate about providing quality professional development in our schools. I think it
Schools are not lacking data. We are data warehouses! We have data all around us- soft data and hard data. It’s not about having enough data. It’s about knowing how to USE the data to improve student achievement. I’m not
