Click here to join! Learning from the smartest principals in the world, yes I said WORLD, has been amazing! If you have not joined our Principal Productivity Facebook Group you don't know what you don't know. Why a Facebook group? I am so glad you asked! This is a specific group of people. It's principals only. Well mostly principals. When you request to "join" you are given a set of questions ... Read More about Productivity Facebook Group Update

Games make everything more fun! Right? Different versions of staff BINGO make their way around the interwebs all year. I probably love 99.9% of them and want to use them all. However, I really do want activities to be relevant to my staff.Last year my social media BFF Amber Teamann and I created a PD BINGO board that was super popular! You can read Amber's blog post about that ... Read More about Motivation BINGO – #Leaderinme

  Anyone out there been blogging for 10 years?!!! (I feel like I am asking if you're out there in outer space. Um...NO. You know what I mean.) I cant' even believe it myself! My blog was seeming dated and I had noticed that other bloggers had updated their designs. I thought what the heck! Then when I started looking back....HOLY COW! I have been doing this for over 10 years! Five ... Read More about 10 Year Blog-A-versary & Makeover

  Turn off your notifications! I dare you! Turn off the badges, banners, sounds, lock screen, previews etc. Turn it all off! I bet you are having an anxiety attack right now just thinking about this right? It will be okay. It's not like you are going to forget to check your email. Maybe you just wont check it every 15 seconds. Is that such a bad thing? This summer at #NPC2017 ... Read More about Notifications Poison Productivity

This image was making it's way around my principal friends' Facebook pages recently. Let's face it...We are "supposed" to be perfect-ish. Never make a mistake. Have all the answers. Solve all the problems. Know all the things. You know, principals can really tick people off. Kids, parents, teachers, co-workers, custodians, kitchen staff and other principals. There is no shortage of people I have ... Read More about Principals Aren’t Perfect – It’s ok!

The holidays are quickly approaching. Don't wait 'til the last minute! (Ok, some of my best ideas have come at the last minute.)    This is my 15th year as an elementary principal. I can't even believe it myself. I know you are all thinking, "WOW! You look so young!" You don't have to say it, I know you're thinking it:):):) Even after 15 years I still need help coming up with ideas. I ... Read More about Holiday Planning for Your Staff/School – Join our group