https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls 10 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Learning en-us 2017-02-24 03:16:58 UTC 2026-03-04 17:20:23 UTC hello@padlet.com lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155935233 "Education hackers are tinkerers and fixers.  Like all hackers, they see solutions to problems that other people do not see. The label "hacker" originated in the field of technology, referring to those who circumvented or subverted systems to make innovations. Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg might be considered technology's greatest hackers. No one taught them how to build an operating system or a social network, but they saw possibilities that others couldn't see."]]> 2017-02-24 00:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155935233 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155935748 Lead Learners are visible! 
"Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing." -Albert Schweitzer
The Problem: Schools are run by managers, not leaders.
Listen, facilitate learning, ask questions, eat lunch with students, celebrate by telling your story on social media, interact! Start every school day with personal interactions, use morning announcements to kick start community, step-up and cover classes to give teachers planning time, start a voluntary club at recess (walking club), start a blog to be transparent and reflective, create a "dream team" to help solve problems and transform the school.]]> 2017-02-24 01:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155935748 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155936321 Create C.U.L.T.U.R.E. (Communication, Uncovers, Learning, Transparency, Ultimately, Reveals, Everything
"If you get the culture right, most of the other stuff will just happen naturally on its own." -Tony Hsein
The Problem: School leaders underestimate their impact.
Start with School Leaders!
Feed people, define the status of your school's culture (What makes your school different than other schools? What feelings and emotions are evoked when you think about your school? Name a social intern of the week (a Snapchatter, Tweeter, Facebooker who tells a school story/event, share communication with families (develop a platform for interactive communication).]]> 2017-02-24 01:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155936321 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155939659 Build Relationships
Connect with Intentionality
"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships." -Stephen Covey
The Problem: Leaders aren't deliberate in their approach to building relationships.
Set-up a schedule to visit classrooms, develop a form in which people can share great things going on in the building, write positive notes, review your district's hashtag and shine the light on positive happenings in your building, and follow through on all commitments. Make five positive phone calls about students to start or end your week, address issues immediately when they come up, and send cards to family members to demonstrate your value of the staff's own support systems.]]> 2017-02-24 01:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155939659 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155940770 Flatten the Walls of Your School
Create Partnerships with the community
"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today." -Robert McAfee Brown
The Problem: In the absence of knowledge, people make their own truth.
Eliminate the communication barriers so everyone feels part of the school community. Find out where your stakeholders spend their virtual lives, develop a Facebook page or Twitter hashtag to keep lines of communication immediate, set goals for communication, and create a calendar to keep track of the great things that you can share with others on social media. ]]> 2017-02-24 01:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155940770 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155941213 Broadcast Student Voices
Appeal to your audience to generate support
"A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity." -Tenzin Gyatso
The Problem: Schools are Reactive.
Teach kids how to podcast (voices of students are powerful!), Send out a Live Stream (Periscope and Meercat allow you to broadcast anything from your school or classroom right from your phone). Empower others and ease into using social media-start small! Hearing student voices talking about what they are learning and what excites them is transformative!]]> 2017-02-24 01:53:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155941213 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155941715 Center School Around the Children
Create schools that work for kids
"Wisdom begins in wonder." -Socrates
The Problem: We set schools up for adults, not for kids.
Ask for input from the students, ask for suggestions, empower the school community, give kids some parameters, and lots of choice. Give students a voice and they will feel more engaged in school! Give kids choices within the curriculum, personalize the learning, and develop classroom designs that students are involved in. Encourage student participation on committees, consider "brilliance builders" where students use concepts such as student Edcamp, Genius hour, and Makerspace to study topics that interest them. This builds passion and play!

]]> 2017-02-24 01:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155941715 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155941886 Hire SuperStars
Develop a team of exceptional educators
"A good teacher is like a candle-it consumes itself to light the way for others." -Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The Problem: The teacher shortage is real.
Collaborate to create job descriptions, start interviews with a conversation, ask fewer questions and listen to the discussion, invite candidates to a student-led tour to observe how they interact with students and the school community. Set-up a press conference to introduce new faculty members, mentor, invest time in new faculty and staff.  Revisit job descriptions annually.

]]> 2017-02-24 02:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155941886 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155942045 Passion Projects for Adults
Empower teachers to control their own learning
"Don't aim for success if you want it. Just do what you love and believe in and it will come naturally." -Sir David Frost
The Problem: Staff members need time to cultivate professional growth
Identify the goals the district deems essential, ask staff for input, integrate student data components into the goals, ask teachers to find a mentor, give teachers unstructured time to work on professional development, be flexible, and provide quality feedback. Have a Professional Development day in which there is no agenda.  Encourage staff to work on their own projects, then meet for lunch and discuss.

]]> 2017-02-24 02:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155942045 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155942585 Change the Mindset
Eradicate deficit thinking
"I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves." -Louise Hay
The Problem: Educators defer to deficit thinking.
Find out what parents want for their children, start facilitating relationships by gathering specific students to talk and connect. Start noticing what students are capable of instead of concentrating on their deficits and use data to identify strengths. Build capacity! Model, model, model! Encourage teachers to learn something different. Give kid access to diverse learning opportunities in the arts, social/emotional realm, and physical education.  Focus on exploring talents and strengthening the idea of learning from failures. Celebrate the awesome things happening in your school!]]> 2017-02-24 02:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155942585 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155949234 Collaborate and Learn
Facilitate collective professional development
"If you want to be a master teacher, you must be a master learner." -George Couros 
The Problem: Educators rarely get to learn together and from each other.
Professional development should feel joyful and purposeful. Take stock of where teachers are in terms of readiness to take charge of their own professional development as individuals and as a group.  Rebrand staff meetings, making them opportunities for shared learning! Make collective learning the norm, start a learning committee, initiate teacher-led sessions that support collective learning.]]> 2017-02-24 03:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/155949234 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/156044149 2017-02-24 15:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/156044149 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/223162880 2018-01-21 23:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/223162880 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/223162960 2018-01-21 23:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/223162960 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/241872954 2018-03-14 13:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/241872954 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/2411498677 2022-12-07 01:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/2411498677 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/2411502047 2022-12-07 01:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/2411502047 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/2411503786 "Many schools are converting classrooms to maker spaces--vibrant places where students demonstrate learning by constructing things, applying newly-learned skills and concepts. With inspired creativity and ingenuity, Stockman shows you how to bring modern maker moves into your writer's workshop, giving birth to a new environment that rockets writers to places that were previously unimaginable. Make Writing is a fast-paced journey inside Stockman's Young Writer's Studio, alongside students who learn how to write and how to make, employing Stockman's unique teaching methods."]]> 2022-12-07 01:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/2411503786 lisahughes196 https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/2412741426 2022-12-07 16:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lisahughes196/8mdmzlmdrrls/wish/2412741426