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Two Truths and a Lie: Let’s Break the Ice of Educator Evaluation

April 6, 2023

You probably have engaged in the game Two Truths and a Lie as a team icebreaker and we wanted to try our own version… see if you can spot the lie among the truths regarding educator evaluation: Statement A = Truth Since 2010 school districts in over 44 states and D.C. have been implementing educator […]

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What’s Cookin’ for Student Success?

April 9, 2021

(Part 1 of a 2-part blog series) If you are as old as the two of us, you remember the book, If You Don’t Feed the Teachers, They Eat the Students! Though written 20 years ago, Dr. Neila Conner’s message is still as pertinent today as it was then: “Successful schools only survive when there […]

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Spring Forward, Forward March: Seeds and Steps Have an Impact

February 28, 2021

(A humble thanks to the highly effective principals who inspired us this month in Suffield, New Milford, North Branford, Hartford, Bethany, and Region 1 Public Schools.) The day when many of us turn the clocks is approaching and we couldn’t be happier. For us, it is not about the loss of an hour of sleep, […]

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