*This challenge is cross posted on my staff blog as a challenge for them this month. It was created in collaboration with @8Amber8. In your mailbox you will find a Tic Tac Toe grid for Connected Educator Month. Last year you could fill out the Bingo card in the spring semester. Tic Tac Toe should be a little easier to complete for more people:) Once you complete your game board turn it in the ... Read More about Connected Educator Teacher Challenge #CE14

Not everyone gets the chance to work in a new school, open a new school, or be able to redesign their current school. So when my superintendent entertained my idea of redesigning some current spaces in my "old" my building I jumped at the chance. What started as a "what if...." conversation last spring has become a reality! The 1st drawing... I think I originally used Lucid Chart for this ... Read More about Redesigning Learning Spaces – #WEETigers Tech Cafe

Blogs seem to come and go these days. Blogs I used to read religiously are gone or no one has posted to them in months. It's so sad. Bloggers have a lot to say and it's good stuff so I hate to see them go. But I am guilty of getting too busy to post too. Sooooo......I thought if I did blog makeover I would want to see my new blog so I would post more often! There seem to still be some glitches ... Read More about Blog Makeover!

Some people are not who you think when you meet face to face.  They are better! Funnier, more genuine, relate-able, and like-minded. This summer I met some of my favorite people face to face....FINALLY! Build your network. Connect with others. Share ideas. Reach out. The rewards are amazing! I just wish I could have met EVERYONE in my PLN. First, my ISTE roommate Amber Teamann! Amber and I ... Read More about A Principal and Her PLN

This year my goal is to help my teachers remember why they became a teacher. With Common Core, evaluation changes, staff changes, curriculum changes, etc. over the last couple of years we may have gotten away from what's most important.....making a difference in the lives of children. Yes of course our goal is to educate them. However it's easy to get lost in the guidelines, restrictions, and ... Read More about Random Acts of Kindness Kick-off

"Never pray for patience." How many times have you heard this? There have been a few experiences to make me a believer in this statement.  As a school leader how in the world are you supposed to have patience and wait when the stakes are so high?  No Child Left Behind - All students in the United States will be proficient in everything! Ok not EVERYTHING. But as a school leader ... Read More about Patience and the Principalship