Trevor Atkins

Enjoyed another invaluable day of learning today with @mmcdowell13 …strengthening :)

Concrete Strategies, Real Results: No fluff, just proven strategies you can implement today. Before were words that we had to infer, now we have pictures showing how to make an impact of implementing a strategy. mimitoddpress.com/re-envisioning…. @mmcdowell13 @MimiToddPress #lead4rigor

Instructional leadership is not about improving teachers; It is about creating the conditions where teachers can improve themselves. @SteeleThoughts #essentialtruths @ToddWhitaker

Effective teachers don't focus so much on rules, but more on relationships, routines, & expectations. If you focus mainly on rules, you will spend most of the year enforcing them. But if you focus on relationships, routines, & expectations, you rarely have to defer back to rules.

@EmilyAPaschall @paulamurphy07

Recently I was asked how I find the time to still teach lessons in the classroom as a school admin. The simple answer? I prioritize it. It’s not about being the best teacher in the building. It’s not about having all of the answers. It’s about being the lead learner. Learn with the teachers! When teachers see that we are equally invested in student learning… 👊Relationships deepen 👊Trust builds 👊Intrinsic motivation grows. Admins - don’t forget where you started - in the classroom. 🤍 We were teachers first! Support your teachers by getting in the trenches with them and never asking them to do anything you wouldn’t do yourself. This is leadership. #multiplyexcellence

The ONLY instructional strategy with a NEGATIVE effect size: Lecturing. -0.26 or 1/2 a year's loss Why? It's passive. There's no room for engagement or interaction necessary for deep understanding & skill development. Just a lot of one person talking.

1. advocacy and inquiry 2. don’t stress the solution 3. lead with courage

Shelter, Sorint, Share…

Start small, sustain, stack…

@mmcdowell13 gonna fall down sometimes…re-set and go again

Get your groove on! …think about your audience

Clarity and growth….reducing apathy and anxiety …goinggradeless-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.teache…

…excellent to support the conversations teachers are having about the learning

Have a discussion today….thanks ⁦@mmcdowell13⁩ edutopia.org/article/blendi…

@mmcdowell13 keep on truckin!

@paulamurphy07 Mmm…

It certainly is

Great resource… youtube.com/watch?v=daTfpe…

…and sadly quality teachers now walking away 😔

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Reflecting tonight on my own check in.