At the core of powerful coaching relationships is the most important quality of effective performance and interactions: High emotional intelligence quotient, or EQ. To increase one's EQ, coaching needs to focus on four domains: self-awareness, social awareness, self-management and relationship management. As leaders, we seldom get the training we really need on how to coach […]

Are you ready for another year of doing more with less? This year, let's flip this funding challenge into an approach that enables your school district to get a share of the shrinking financial resources. A key approach to winning grants is collaboration. Why collaborate? Collaboration is not new. We talk about it, we provide […]

At the 27,000-student Richland School District Two in South Carolina, goals and strategies focus on fostering learning, character, community and joy. To meet those objectives, a 1-to-1 environment was implemented for students in grades 3 through 12. “When we purchased the devices in 2012, we brought in an outcomes team from the University of South […]

Better ways to use data. High-tech professional development. Differentiated instruction. Some exciting advancements are on the horizon for classrooms in 2015. While they sound technical, the biggest changes aren't going to be driven by an app, a computer program or a new kind of tabletÁ'they will come from new theories about how to engage both […]