Getting Grounded Over Spring Break
For a few years now, I have taken on a health challenge over Spring Break that has made the time even more beneficial. I have challenged people I care about to do the same, and those who have done it…
4 Things Leaders Can Do to Influence Culture
We know that the leader influences the culture of an organization more than any other factor, whether they realize it or not. In fact, 70% of the variance between lousy, good, and great cultures can be found in the knowledge,…
The Long-Term Benefits of Comprehensive Coaching
Background Developing an innovative learning experience with a focus on comprehensive literacy development in classrooms district-wide is changing the trajectory of students’ lives and producing a more literate community as a whole in Mesquite ISD, a mid-sized urban school district…
Is it Time to Revolutionize the Grading System?
Quick question: If we are finally realizing the importance of creating learning environments that reflect life outside of the classroom, then why haven’t we changed our grading system? It’s safe to say that education has drastically changed in the last…
The Secret to Effective Coaching
Lauren Hurt-Ashwin is the e2L Growth Catalyst and her primary responsibility is to provide leadership development to our team of e2L Certified eGROWE Coaches and our district partners. Our district coaches express how Lauren has made a direct impact on…
A Beginner’s Guide to Blended Learning
What is Blended Learning anyway? At the 2019 TASA Midwinter Conference in Austin, Jaime Casap, Chief Education Evangelist for Google, noted that the technology our students use currently will be the least innovative device they’ll ever see. For my Y2K…
The Right Way to Scale Blended Learning (On the Border)
“You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level.” –Albert Einstein Laredo ISD (LISD) engaged their community in a process to hear their vision for learners. …
The Importance of Being a Data-Informed Leader
Data-Informed… Not Data-Driven It has always bothered me to hear people talk about being data-driven. Recently, I even heard the term “data-driven culture.” Seriously? Who wants to live in that type of culture? Clearly, data is critical, and we don’t…