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All AboutFor Leaders
Thoughts for administrators, directors, coaches, and other leaders of gifted and talented programs.
You have a new gifted program! What do you do now?
You’ve been plunked into a new 1st through 8th-grade gifted pull-out program… what do you do?
Why I Stopped Giving Talks
I made my living talking about teaching. Here’s why I’m done with that!
The Parable of the Reading Posters
Why did these reading posters go from mandatory to illegal?
How to Find Ideas for Kindergarten and Primary?
How I would find great ideas for your most advanced primary students, whether they’re in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade.
“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.
Running A Gifted Program: Parent Nights
I’ve been to over a hundred parent nights and my main takeaway is this: use the time to build a community and get to know your parents’ needs. And stay away from PowerPoint!
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.
Only 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!