Best of the Blogs
School Administrator, October 2017


“As any woman leader would tell you, there are different challenges women as leaders face that men can certainly sympathize with but don’t have to personally experience. As any great leader will tell you, it is important to find other leaders who can help support the WHOLE you.”

From “My Personal Learning Network” by Kristen Paul (principal, Barrington Middle School, Barrington, Ill.) on her blog Kristen Paul, Principal


“Each year, the state budget debacle puts me in mind of the movie ‘Groundhog Day’; with no end in sight, the same scenario keeps playing over and over again.”

From “Dog Days of Summer” by Vincent DiLeo (superintendent, Central Cambria School District, Ebensburg, Pa.) on his CCSD Superintendent’s Blog


“The trick to taking action on what you learn from reflection is verbalizing what you are going to do next year. … [Y]ou don’t have to explain your plans to anyone but yourself, but you do have to say them out loud — even if you just speak to a rubber duck.”

From “Summer is the Time to Grow — By Using a Rubber Duck” by Hank Thiele (superintendent, Community High School District 99, Downers Grove, Ill.) on his blog To Learn Twice


“Don’t you love the pharmaceutical commercials these days, the drug relieves pain, but there is a long, long list of dreadful side effects that goes by in a flash. … I cannot imagine that the side effects of sharing leadership skills with anyone can be anything but positive.”

From “Side Effects of the Principal Pipeline” by Kathy Blackburn (executive director, TregoED, Princeton, N.J.) on her TregoED Blog


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