100 Posts in 100 Days This post will go live on June 15, 2022, the last day of the 2021-2022 school year at Graded. What a ride it has been! At any given moment, it has felt like the longest year ever. Weirdly, it also has felt like yesterday was the first day of the… More #46: Looking Back on ’21-’22
100 Posts in 100 Days It’s time for “The Pulse”, a collection of things that I have found interesting lately and that are keeping me going. Gender Gap in Self Assessment by the Character Lab In Post 41, I wrote about taking a self-assessment recently and being less-than-satisfied with my own results. The very… More #45: The Pulse
100 Posts in 100 Days As I wrote about constructive anecdotal feedback yesterday and my own experience receiving information that I could be hard to read, I recalled a time early in my career when I attended a training and received a handout with 2 parallel lists. The list on the left was one of… More #44: When Strengths Become Weaknesses
100 Posts in 100 Days In the last few installments of 100 Posts in 100 Days, I have written about my own experiences with feedback that is used. First, I shared the impact of various 360 survey tools, followed by how a series of anecdotal compliments revealed a pattern of behavior that I have come… More #43: Anecdotal Feedback That Is Used, Part 2
100 Posts in 100 Days Yesterday’s post illustrated one form of feedback that I have used: a 360 survey process. The quantitative and explicit nature of that form of feedback was very useful to me in developing asset-based action plans for my growth and development. I feel it did help me improve as a school… More #42: Anecdotal Feedback That Is Used, Part 1
100 Posts in 100 Days Yesterday, I shared our school’s propensity to use John Dewey’s quote about learning comes not from the experience, but from reflecting on experience. We have a second idea that we discuss often in our school which was shared with us by Dr. Kevin Mattingly, a Professor of Practice at the… More #41: Seminal Experiences: 360 Feedback That Is Used
100 Posts in 100 Days “We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” John Dewey This is a quote we use often at our school. In fact, this quote inspired what we call “Reflective Wednesdays”, dedicated time for reflective practice in teams on a fairly regular schedule. This quote rings true… More #40: Reflections on 40%
100 Posts in 100 Days In the last several months during the course of some coaching conversations, I’ve had “coachees” ask me some questions that have pushed me to be the person reflecting and to be explicit about some of my approaches, decision-making, and strategies. One of them even said, “Are you going to… More #39: Q & A: What Do School Leaders Need to Know About Assessment?
A teacher recently asked me a “how do you do that” in reference to working with groups of teachers. I shared 2 tips with her that I use regularly.… More #38: Q & A: How Do You Talk About The Work?
In the end, I don’t think it’s about what I did that matters the most. I think it’s about how I equipped people to do the work that they need to do that will have the biggest impact. … More #37: Q & A: What’s It Like to See Your Work Changed?