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The Art of Listening: A Crucial Leadership Skill for School Principals
Listening. The most overlooked, yet most effective, leadership trait.
Andre Wicks
Sep 23, 20245 min read
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Continuous Personal Growth: Leading Through Lifelong Learning
Continuous growth is the key to staying ready so you don't have to get ready when your people need you most.
Andre Wicks
Aug 30, 20245 min read
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Practicing Mindful Leadership: A Path to Conscious, Effective Leadership
Every act begins with neurons firing in the brain. Master your mind and master your leadership abilities.
Andre Wicks
Aug 7, 20245 min read
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Fostering Authenticity: Leading with Your True Self
There is only one way to lead with truth; it is with authenticity.
Andre Wicks
Jul 8, 202410 min read
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Building Emotional Intelligence: Know Thy Self and Others
Emotional intelligence (EI) is vital for understanding and managing your own emotions and those of others.
Andre Wicks
Jul 1, 20248 min read
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Cultivating Self-Awareness: The Foundation of Effective Leadership
Take the first step toward becoming a more effective leader.
Andre Wicks
Jun 24, 20249 min read
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Unleashing Your Greatest Leadership Tool: The Power of Who You Are
Leaders come from all walks of life with varying degrees of preparation. Regardless, nothing impacts effectiveness more than WHO you are.
Andre Wicks
Jun 23, 202410 min read
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It Goes Without Saying
Travis Drake cuts the bull and gives the obvious a pat on the head. Want to stay the course with leadership? Follow these suggestions.

Travis Drake
May 15, 20243 min read
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Wherever You Are, Opportunity Abounds.
Too many of us are fooled into thinking that the only way to make a big difference is by producing big numbers. That just isn't so.

Juan Ramirez
May 1, 20245 min read
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The Peter Parker Principle: Education Leaders’ Roles in Leveraging Generative AI for Learner Success
With great power comes great responsibility. School leaders, what will you do with your power of influence?

Laurie Putnam
Apr 1, 20244 min read
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Retaining educators. A call for reform.
The most important decision a leader makes is who they hire. When hiring practices need reform, what do you do? Julie McGahan tells us how.

Julie McGahan
Mar 18, 20249 min read
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After the Storm: What Next?
Anthony Muhammad is revered as an education leader. Leverage his wisdom to ignite change, for the better, in your school or district.

Anthony Muhammad
Mar 4, 202411 min read
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4 Things to Know About Empathy
Great leadership challenges status quo. Empathy is emerging as a leadership trait that challenges the ever-stoic leader persona.

Dr. Jo Lein
Feb 26, 20247 min read
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10 Ways Successful Principals Stay Calm
Dr. Bradberry lays it out for us in this post. Building emotional intelligence is crucial for all leadership roles, like the principalship.

Dr. Travis Bradberry
Feb 5, 20248 min read
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Learning from Missed Opportunities
Leaders, don't fall victim to the trap of doing the work alone. Listen to the wisdom shared here by Lisa Stanley. Use the assets around you.

Lisa Stanley
Jan 29, 20246 min read
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How School Change Really Works
There is a better way to changes schools. Douglas Reeves, an expert in change leadership, tells us how.

Douglas Reeves
Jan 22, 20245 min read
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It’s 2024. Are You Embracing Adult SEL?
Taking care of yourself is a prerequisite for being able to take care of others. Read on as Wendy Turner makes the case for adult SEL.

Wendy Turner
Jan 14, 20248 min read
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The Great Debate: Grading
By Andre J. Wicks, President of Everyday Principal and middle school principal at Carla Olman Peperak Middle School. My purpose in life...

Andre J. Wicks
Dec 18, 202316 min read
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To Get Big Results, Think Small.
Small group instruction is not a thing of the past or a strategy reserved for elementary teachers and students.

Dr. Felicia Bolden
Dec 3, 20235 min read
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Stop Messing Around. Take the PLC Highway to School Improvement.
The path to school improvement is not easy and not complicated. Develop to right mindset for improvement and the sky is the limit.

Andre J. Wicks
Nov 19, 20235 min read
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