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Want to Empower Your Staff? Start With Teachable Moments

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By George Farmer, Tamara Brickus
| Education Week Verified
Early in our tenures as leaders, we often wondered why staff members were not meeting our expectations. Countless times, we would leave work frustrated that staff members were consistently making the same mistakes, creating a cycle of frustration that hurt teacher retention. What we discovered was that we needed to be more reflective on turning mistakes into teachable moments for teachers.
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How Administrators Can Keep Their Morale Up

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By George Farmer
| Edutopia Verified
I learned very quickly as a school administrator that leadership is lonely, largely because of the demand of giving: the constant attention to improving school performance through rigorous coaching and development of staff, the daily time-consuming work of student management and improving school culture, not to mention managing the maintenance issues, budgetary constraints, and staffing needs that arise.
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Setting Up Professional Development to Strengthen the Whole Teacher

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By George Farmer
| Edutopia Verified
In my role as a school leader, I have discovered that teacher development becomes meaningful only when it is designed with the same rigor we apply to instructional planning. Effective professional development (PD) for teachers should be grounded in data, meet a need, and designed with daily intentionality and focus.
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