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Caine’s Arcade 2: Are We Creating Innovators?
In case you’re not familiar with Caine’s Arcade I’ll give you a little background. A couple months ago a film maker in LA stopped by a used car parts store to pick something up. When he arrived he discovered the owner’s son Caine had commandeered the front of the shop and transformed it into and arcade full of simple cardboard games (you know the ones you used to make when you were a kid). Inspired by...
TLP: Dr. Sherry Miller, Empowerment Unlimited
When was the last time you told your school what you like about it the most? Or have written a piece of poetry or a love letter to describe your feelings for your school? Whether we realize it or not our schools as a whole are more then just a setting or a stage that we work in. More then just doors, widows, and walls our schools and the communities that envelop them take on a life of their own. This is why life in a school can be...
Is Balance Possible?
The beginning of the new school year has come and gone and it’s around this time I start to see droopy faced students and teachers roaming the hallways. How can it be that people are already looking so tired by week 5 of the school year? So it’s not surprising that as teachers and administrators, it’s right about now that we start to talk more and more about finding balancing in our lives. But is balance possible?...
Micro Managers: Learn to Trust Your People
The ideas in this article aren’t new to most of us, but I think it’s a good reminder that great leaders empower others. However, do you think as a leader you could be disconnected from your school for two-weeks to go on vacation? I’m not sure we’d all be able to confidently do this, but it’s a good idea for you heads of school out there. In many ways the need to give space for others to act is similar...
TLP: Ed Ladd, The American School in Japan
Few school leaders have worked at as many high performing international schools as Ed Ladd, Head of School at the American School in Japan. With a career that includes leadership positions in London, Israel, Taiwan, Qatar and Japan, Mr. Ladd’s experience has undoubtedly been a vital component in returning ASIJ to normalcy after the devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis that struck Japan in March 2011. Before meeting Mr....
