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Getting Risky
If you’re a football fan you know that in most cases if your on offense and it’s 4th and 9 it’s time to punt. Or is it? The other day I came across this video about the benefits and drawbacks of punting. Take a look: To be honest, I’ve always preferred going for it on 4th down versus punting it away, which probably says something about my appetite for risk or my tendency toward optimism. However, the story...
Building Schools For 2030
Last week during my interview with Dr. Dick Krajczar he stated that school leaders need to envision what classrooms and schools will be like in 2030. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, but still have few answers about what my 8 month old daughter’s classes should look like in 18 years. As I think about it from the perspective of a teacher I think how depressing it would be if 18 years from now I was doing the...
Your Questions For Dr. Krajczar
As I mentioned in previous posts the goal of this blog is to learn more about great leadership in international education and where it’s happening. Since I’m just about out of ideas, I’ve been lucky enough to connect with someone who should have some good thoughts on the topic. I’m excited to announce that Dr. Richard Krajczar has agreed to meet with me to share his thoughts on leadership and international...
5 Ways to Deal with a Red Light/Green Light Leader
For most educators it’s hard to not have at least one working experience with a typical Red Light/Green Light administrator. It usually starts with a stroke of inspiration while relaxing with coworkers on Friday night or if you work in Asia in the middle of a foot massage. You’ve just discovered the solution to a nagging school problem. On Monday, after the morning rush has passed, you walk into the “gate...
Bridging The ESL Divide
Like many international schools in Asia the classroom’s in my school seem to be swarming with English language learners. We have an ESL department that works hard to bring students up to mainstream requirements, yet I find myself constantly battling a divide in my classes between strong English speakers and English language learners… By the way, what’s the deal with all the different terminology, ESL, ELL TEFL, LEP,...
Leadership Myth #5: CEOs Need To Be Great Leaders
I came across an interesting article this week that lists 5 common myths of leadership. Number 5 reads: The Position Myth- “This is truly the greatest misunderstanding of what leadership is. Think about it, if you are a top CEO, a president of a company or a manager, are you really a great leader? Some people might naturally be great leaders at these positions and that is how they earned them but NO, just being at a top...
