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  • 11: What is an Education Consultant (and is it your next right step?)

    11: What is an Education Consultant (and is it your next right step?)

    Is education consulting your next right step? At the Responsive classroom, I’ve started a new section of my business called the EquippED Consultants Collective. You can find us on IG @equipped_consultants_co. The mission of this is simply to help and coach those of you who want to move into being an education consultant to start…

  • The #1 Way to Guarantee Growth for 2024-2025

    The #1 Way to Guarantee Growth for 2024-2025

    Hey friends! I know this time of year is tough, but I also know that if you are an administrator, you are already looking towards next year. You have to be.  So do you want to know the #1 way to guarantee growth for 2024-2025? Reflect on the current year and make a plan proactively…

  • The Effective Professional Development Plan – why some PD works and others don’t!

    The Effective Professional Development Plan – why some PD works and others don’t!

    When you research what makes (and breaks) effective professional development, you get several different takes on it. Stand alone professional development, even when delivered well, typically has about a 10% retention rate, meaning that average person, even when paying attention, will take and implement about 10% of the professional development. If you are like me,…

  • 4 Ways to Use Data to Increase Learning

    4 Ways to Use Data to Increase Learning

    Data is one of the most powerful tools…that is being used incorrectly, and counter-productively! In fact, in a lot of ways, I think the big push on data has actually had an adverse effect on students. But it shouldn’t. Data should be used as a primary tool to increase learning! So how do we move…

  • Creating Vision-Driven Goals for your Campus

    Creating Vision-Driven Goals for your Campus

    As we come to the close of 2023, the talk of goals is in the air. In the education world, it almost seems that the word “goals” has as much of a negative connotation as standard, or assessment, or IEPs – I don’t know know about you, but it feels like a very heavy word.…