Popular Tag: Principals

March 22, 2016

Early college: the power of partnerships

One of the first lessons learned as North Carolina's Early College High School director was the misconception that all early college high schools were the same. Yes, they all focus on a target popu…

October 28, 2015

Reimagining leadership on the front lines

In my recent reading on the topic of leadership development, I came across the acronym VUCA: volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. It’s actually how the military refers to the h…

September 28, 2015

Listening to innovative leaders

I just experienced two days with 55 educators from four states -- Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina -- digging deep into the Design Principles and what they mean to educati…

April 7, 2015

Peer School Review offers better view of forest

Labeling life in a traditional public high school as being "fast paced" is an understatement. While we are all pushing in the same direction and working hard to create a school climate conducive t…

December 17, 2014

Could Harry Potter be an innovative principal?

Last month, principals from NC New Schools network schools came together to determine if Harry Potter would be an ideal principal. Sounds a little crazy, until you know that we were analyzing sever…