This study was born out of my passion to spend less time in my office and more time in classrooms. What I have learned from this study is that teachers want school leaders to visit their classrooms and see the great things they are doing with their students. To...
I’ve been anxious to get back to the readers of the Media-X Blog. I have been a little busy working on my dissertation, but am excited to be able to share with you what I have learned from my research. Literature in the area of classroom observations and teacher...
Recently, my state moved to the Teacher Keys Effectiveness System (TKES) evaluation program changing from the CLASS Keys process we have utilized for the past few years. At present, we are in a pilot year where each of the five administrators in my school is...
If you are like me you often work late in the evening about three or four nights a week. Most of my late nights are not spent at my desk shuffling papers or looking at test scores. Most of my late nights and weekends are spent supervising events that involve my...
So often when I visit classrooms I see some new and innovative strategies to engage students. I came across one of those strategies just the other day. I walked into a Social Studies class and noticed students drawing pictures and using colored markers. I asked one of...
