It’s spring time here in the states which inevitably means “testing season”. And while assessment should be something that happens with our students throughout the course of a school year, the hyper focus on testing, overall performance, and summative assessment is quite high. Teachers and students are fatigued and our stamina and focus is also something that feels like an extra challenge.

Leave it Toddle to organize a special Assessment Meetup to refresh and revitalize our mindsets and recenter ourselves to what really matters…

I talk a lot about the power of intentions as it relates to our professional practice as inquiry educators. Whether I’m leading a school through a professional learning session or I am working with a small group of teachers on my own campus, I begin with a collection of intentions to bring a presence and mindfulness we all need to arrive with one another.

Seeing the warm welcome and celebration of Leading with a Lens of Inquiry has really been quite something special this past month.

Your DMs, sharing with your PLN and invitations to continue the work beyond the book you have in your hands is so very much appreciated (an understatement for the gratitude I have!) ☺️.

So many of you are venturing out on holidays and tucking the book into your carry on, sitting with the words by the pools with your families and friends and tagging me in some of your favorite pages to share your thinking, requests to sign your books in person and questions and overwhelming enthusiasm…

I’m really excited to share that I will be presenting at Region 13’s Instructional Coaching Conference: Press Play this summer. This event was one of the very first I attended when I stepped outside of the classroom and into a leadership role. This two day event is packed with keynotes and sessions focused on student centered coaching and the nuances of the influence instructional coaches have in their role, think tank opportunities to connect with other leaders to brainstorm, share experiences and learn from one another.

Reflection. An action at the heart of an inquiry practice and one that I am quite often drawn to in my work with teachers and leaders. With the ever elusive time that we all seem to not have enough of, I’ll be sharing more about the transformation that this move has within our roles as leaders during the 2022 TIES event.

I’ve been hanging onto this special event for some time now and am so very excited to finally be able to share more about a unique event that’s occurring next spring!