I was breathing in too much. I needed to exhale. I didn’t need more ideas. I needed to do less!
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Talk To Your Past Students
Are you ignoring the most cost-effective feedback about your program’s effectiveness? Talk to some past students!
“Priority” is Singular
You can only have one priority. Anything else is a cop-out.
How Clear Is Your Gifted Program’s Purpose?
I’ve long been concerned about how gifted education, as a field, communicates it’s purpose. If we don’t have a clear story, some else will write our story for us and it won’t be pretty.
Leaders Absorb Complexity and Pass on Simplicity
As leaders we have to constantly ask ourselves this question: Is this easy for me or is it easy for the people I’m leading? Very rarely is something easy for both parties.
PD Rule: Speak from Experience
The key to a great presentation? Only talk about things you have actually, personally done. Oh, and always start with your failure!
Making The Case For A Gifted Program
A common question I get is folks asking how to make the case for a gifted program. Usually someone is pitted against an administrator who doesn’t see the value in a gifted program. How do we change minds?
Sharing Byrdseed
Frequently, people email to ask my permission to share a resource from Byrdseed in a presentation. Yes! Absolutely. Don’t even ask!