A few years ago, while doing research for my dissertation, I came across an article entitled, “Redos and Retakes Done Right” by Rick Wormeli. This was circa 2012, and our school was working to modify our grading practices. There were students who were failing everything, and our leadership team was working to determine what we…
Month: March 2017
A Note About Accountability
I had the chance to visit Maynard Jackson High school last week. I was looking forward to the visit because my professor for my Aspiring Principal’s cohort at Georgia State University, Dr. Joanne Brown (@Levleadership), had stated how awesome the place was. She told us how their principal had turned the place around and…
Teaching the Whole Child
Last year, my boss (@taylortiffn0826) sent Ms. Douglas (@najaelliott) and I a large file that contained some progressive discipline documents. There were presentations, statistics, flow maps, research, etc., and to make things short, she said, “You guys look at this and see what we can do with it.” That was it. No specifics on what to…
That time of the year…
I can remember this time of the year when I was in the classroom. It was one filled with mixed emotions. I was panicking because I wanted to cover a certain amount of material before our state test. I was excited because my eighth graders were almost in high school. I was tired because of the…