Helping Schools near and afar with leadership, bullying prevention, school climate & culture training
Operating as usual
12/14/2021
Celebration of a vision, partnership with Kimberly Cullen and our contributors to get their stories out there. Thrilled this is being sold on Amazon and Solution Tree publications! Thank you for the support from friends, colleagues, and my family. Let’s Raise Her Up!
11/01/2021
Great lessons on Day of the Dead
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/let-dia-de-los-muertos-stand-on-its-own?fbclid=IwAR1xonSvnFT9Zj-UCfQ19xC76r81JdpdR02NRb33Qmdayg-ZTQhbg1Bqq-A
Let Día de los Muertos Stand on Its Own This holiday, which is distinctly different from Halloween, presents a wonderful opportunity to foster empathy among students.
09/16/2021
Many leaders - especially females - suffer from 'imposter syndrome,' doubting their skills, intelligence, and competence and feeling like a fraud. How can we address this scourge, especially in light of all the new challenges leading in an international school keeps throwing at us? Come join Bridget McNamer and Debra Lane, Ed.D. of Lane Leadership Group in a fun and lively conversation about how to face down our imposters. Indeed, we'll turn the idea of imposters on its head and find ways to engage our imposters in service of our success.
Join us on Sunday, September 19 at 2:00 PM Central European Time/ 8:00 AM New York Time/ 8:00 PM Beijing Time for 75 minutes of edification, collegiality, and fun as we give this 'leadership tangle' the treatment!
Bring your imposter. She/He gets in free of charge.
Note: If you can't make the live event, it will be recorded. You and your imposter can watch together.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sidecar-salon-engage-your-imposter-tickets-169779018615
Sidecar Salon: Engage Your Imposter Rather than show your imposter the door, let's invite her in and engage her in helping you succeed!
07/18/2021
Thrilled to join Dr. Luce and Dr. Zeisner this Saturday for WomenED virtual conference!
06/10/2021
Looking forward to presenting with Dr. AnnMarie Luce and Dr. Catherine Zeisner on "Switching Gears: Propelling Us to Move Forward" on 7/24 @10:30 AM Join us!
05/10/2021
Inspiration comes to mind when I first met these women in September, virtually of course. Since then we have presented together, now published an article, and will help Bridget McNamer host a leadership summit in Montana this summer. It is truly an honor to work side by side with these intelligent leaders.
Differences That Make A Difference: Stories & Strategies To Inspire Women Leaders - Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS) Differences That Make A Difference: Stories and Strategies To Inspire Women Leaders Debra Lane, Ed.D., Jolene Lockwood, Ann Marie Luce, Ed.D., Bridget McNamer, Francesca Mulazzi, Ed.D., Lindsay Prendergast If you aren’t aware of the gender imbalance in education leadership, especially in internati...
04/30/2021
Virginia Association for Environmental Education - 2021 Virginia Excellence in EE Awards Nominations for the 2021 VAEE Awards for Excellence in Environmental Education are OPEN. Nominations are due by Monday, May 10th, 2021
04/30/2021
I serve on the board for VAEE. Each year the Virginia Association for Environmental Education (VAEE) recognizes and honors individuals and organizations from around the Commonwealth of Virginia for their innovation and dedication to moving the field of environmental education forward. Nominations are reviewed by the VAEE Board of Directors as well as voted on by VAEE members. Award recognition generally takes place at the annual Virginia Environmental Education Conference each February.
Nominate Excellent Environmental Education in Virginia
Nominations for the 2021 VAEE Awards for Excellence in Environmental Education are OPEN. Nominations are due by Monday, May 10th, 2021
VAEE's awards recognize excellent environmental education in the following categories:
Environmental Education Program of Excellence Award
Exemplary Service to VAEE Award
2021 Innovative Project of the Year Award
Page K. Hutchinson Outstanding Environmental Educator of the Year Award
VAEE 5 Under 25 Award
Read more about the nomination process and criteria by clicking on each link above.
Virginia Association for Environmental Education - 2021 Virginia Excellence in EE Awards Nominations for the 2021 VAEE Awards for Excellence in Environmental Education are OPEN. Nominations are due by Monday, May 10th, 2021
04/29/2021
Super proud of my colleague and co-author, Kim Cullen, on her most recent article in The International Educator.
Overcoming Barriers, Part 1: Changing the Narrative around Gender and Leadership in K-12 Education | The International Educator (TIE Online) Worldwide, it is clear that “teaching is frequently a female profession with men in charge.” Kim Cullen and her colleague Debra Lane have been thinking, writing
04/22/2021
Looking for an incredible Earth Day Event today join NOVA Outside at our SEAS (Schools Environmental Action Showcase)
https://seas.live/about-event/
Proud to be on this board! Teaching and Learning with our next generation of environmental activitists!
About SEAS – Student Environmental Action Showcase Natalia Uro De León is a 2020 graduate of Wakefield High School where she played field hockey and lacrosse and managed the wrestling team. Natalia chaired Wakefield’s Environmentally Conscious Organization of Students (ECOS). Throughout high school, she found joy in being a proactive advocate for...
03/24/2021
Looking forward to this afternoon on our next professional learning session!
Check out our newest blog post written by NoVA Outside's very own Stephanie Dean, and remember to join us for our free Outdoor Educators Workshop on Wednesday, March 24, 5 pm-6 pm via Zoom!
http://www.novaoutside.org/how-do-you-encourage-a-child-to-learn-about-nature/
03/21/2021
Great article on leadership attributes of women ⚧🚺
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/leadership/when-women-lead-workplaces-should-listen?cid=other-eml-cls-mip-mck&hlkid=3a71075270734b099c177c49763b5f9d&hctky=12341924&hdpid=0003c0c1-b176-40cd-a8f5-f93a4d5c0e42&fbclid=IwAR02gIQd8sMWNtIjBt-MZB-5wc3-qKqiO4CyMSIwt7FSjXc21YPHxXF6v9I#
When women lead, workplaces should listen The most valuable lessons of women’s leadership programs are those that show companies where to improve and how to be more self-reflective.
03/17/2021
Looking to go overseas? Want to work with an incredible head of school? Elsa Donahue is looking for a Learning Coach at Vientiane International School in Laos. Fabulous opportunity!
Primary School Learning Coach VIS is committed to the wellbeing of its learners by ensuring a healthy, safe, and secure environment and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All new appointments, therefore, will be subject to rigorous screening to ensure that they are suitable candidates to work with childre...
02/23/2021
A great read on how our curriculum needs to change. I love Peter Mott's perspective and love following him.
The Curriculum Fallacy, Part I | Peter Mott - Intrepid ED News The insistence on a supposedly “shared” and universal canon of knowledge was not designed to produce critical, independent, and creative thinkers.
02/18/2021
Leaders Matter.
How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research Summarizes what researchers learned about the connection between school leadership and student achievement and other outcomes in the United States since 2000.
02/17/2021
"One way to pay tribute to the struggles and loss is by creating new opportunities for those who will be most vulnerable to future pandemics. Doing so will require us to rethink normal and embrace a framework where communities, policymakers, researchers, investors, and technical assistance providers work alongside and in sync with schools and communities for the betterment of students, teachers, and these very communities." ~Dr. Irvin Scott
A New PK-12 Education Ecosystem Framework for a New Normal By Irvin L. Scott Ecosystem: a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment A Sense of Urgency: Inequities in Stark Relief
02/10/2021
Saint George's School We are glad you're interested in joining the faculty or staff at Saint George's School. Our mission is to develop the potential in each of our students, and at Saint George’s you will find a community that is extremely dedicated to that mission. A talented faculty, a dedicated staff, a diverse stu...
02/10/2021
My education peeps interested in science and environmental ed!
Can you believe we are less than two weeks away from our first VAEE Virtual Mini-Conference of the year? Though we wish we were meeting in person- we are so excited for what we've dreamt up for you from photo contests to live cocktail demos, from workshops to networking we have been working to innovate and present a great conference for all of you!
The Conference team wanted to reach out with a few reminders and updates to remind you of all the great opportunities. Here are seven reasons that you simply must attend our February 20th Winter in the West Mini-Conference!
1) Pay What You Can
Did you know that this year's conference is PWYC! Starting at $0 and increasing by $5 up until the suggested rates we are making sure that the community comes before profit and want to enable equal access to everyone wanting to attend this year's conference no matter their financial situation! It's super easy and no questions asked!
2) Available All YEAR!
Not able to attend the sessions live- have to step away for part of the day? Don't worry all concurrent and keynote sessions will be recorded and available to anyone registered for the conference for an ENTIRE YEAR! That's over 9 hours of on-demand content and certainly a deal you don't want to miss out on!
3) Keynote Speaker- Mr. Anthony Swann
February's keynote speaker will be 2020 Virginia Teacher of the Year Anthony Swann! Check out this video about Anthony from the NBC Nightly News! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq5mFZAtw_o
4) Photo Contest
Time spent outdoors is a valuable part of all our lives. VAEE wants to encourage conference registrants to spend time outside during the weekend of the Mini-Conferences.
While you are on your outdoor adventure snap a socially distanced photo and tag VAEE on Instagram . The photo with the most likes on instagram will win a 2022-2023 VAEE membership! “Likes” will be tallied by 6pm on Friday after each conference and winners will be announced on Saturday.
5) Young Leaders Panel
Come hear three emerging young EE leaders share about the actions they are taking to make a difference in their communities!
6) Awesome Workshop & Concurrent Session Options
We have two great two-hour workshop opportunities available for this quarter's conference and 9 additional concurrent sessions to choose from! Check out the February Schedule at a Glance on our website for more info!
7) Networking, Community Conversations, Games & Virtual Hour
We know that for so many of you a major part of attending the VAEE conference is connecting and networking with colleagues from across the Commonwealth. Though it's certainly not the same as meeting in person we have ample opportunities for you to connect virtually in many ways including morning networking community call, our virtual happy hour, and more!
So you can see that's just seven of the many great reasons that you should register for February's Winter in the West Mini-Conference today!
02/03/2021
Fantastic Opportunitiy for Educators!
Green School Summit for School Leaders Shifting from Crisis Management to Innovation: Leading for a Sustainable Future
01/21/2021
To help students and school communities make sense of complex feelings and understand the context of the events, members of the Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty offer guidance and resources to structure and support the conversation around the insurrection, its causes, and its potential fallout.
Making Space for Difficult Discussions Following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, suggestions for educators and parents on how to support productive conversations around traumatic events.
01/16/2021
"The virus," according to Ashton, "will speed up trends." Get ready for the ride.
Lovers, Diplomats, Fixers And Others— A Guide To Leadership Types A new book identifies nine leadership types and suggests how the leader of the future will need to combine the best of them in order to thrive in a difficult environment.
There is some incredible work happening right now related to women in P-12 educational leadership. Below are four initiatives that have caught my attention over the past few months…
01/04/2021
Putting an "end" to your day is one of the most important ways educators can bring joy. Boundaries are important.
k12dive.com The K-12 model has been overturned since spring, but these principals and superintendents say focusing on people first and finding joy are key to success.
Dr. Rob Evans and Dr. Michael Thompson poignantly consider that the rules are changing– or will have changed post-pandemic– and that a new community "contract" may be required. Here they pick up where their ongoing conversations were left off, challenging our thinking about a new model for school community building. Both have been head of schools, worked with hundreds of schools, and are psychologists.
nais.org In 2017, John Allman, head at Trinity School in New York City, caused a stir throughout the independent school world when his start-of-school letter to families went viral. It criticized an accelerating trend in which parents have a more transactional view of school. He wrote of “consumerist famil...
12/03/2020
We have work to do! It can begin at such an early age in our schools.
86% of people want significant change to make the world fairer and more sustainable after COVID-19, a new study finds. Let's do this!
weforum.org 86% of people want significant change to make the world fairer and more sustainable after COVID-19, a new study finds.
11/26/2020
Loved this book! Research shows when men are deliberately engaged in gender-inclusion programs, 96% of women in those organizations perceive real progress in gender equality.
11/18/2020
Green Schoolyards is going outside!
greenschoolyards.org The National COVID-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative is hosting an online Q&A session with Dr. Caesar Djavaherian, Co-founder and Medical Director at Carbon Health, and Dr. Nooshin Razani, Associate Adjunct Professor at UCSF, to discuss how to use outdoor schoolyard spaces to control viral transmis
11/16/2020
Join us this morning!
crowdcast.io Register now for Fall for the Book's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Monday November 16, 2020 at 11:00 am EST.
11/13/2020
Today is world kindness day, how are you celebrating?
teachstarter.com The Kindness Rock Project has onesimple goal, to promote random acts of kindness in the shape of painted rocks with inspirational words!
11/04/2020
Join us at HundrED Summit!
zoom.us UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative aims to catalyze global debate and action on how knowledge and learning can shape the future of humanity and the planet. To support the process of co-constructing a global report that will be released in November 2021, many innovators associated with HundrE...
11/02/2020
Some great stories and ideas here for leaders of schools.
educationdive.com The K-12 model has been overturned since spring, but these principals and superintendents say focusing on people first and finding joy are key to success.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Preschool Growing together in God's love through play, music, discovery, small group interaction, weekly Chapel and music programs, and creative art of all kinds.
Daniels Run ES The Official Facebook Site of Daniels Run Elementary http://www.fcps.edu/DanielsRunES/
The Parent Institute The Parent Institute is Education's #1 Source for Family Involvement Information.
Fairhill Elementary PTA The Fairhill PTA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Fairhill Elementary School so the school can support our KIDS!
Kid-STEM Montessori Islamic School NOW ENROLLING for Kid-STEM MONTESSORi Islamic School Pre- School & Child Day Learning Center CAMP - “Creating Future Leaders” Serving 3 to 12 years old
Little Flock Preschool Visit our school page https://www.facebook.com/Littleflockschool/ or our website: http://www.littleflockschool.org/
Providence Elementary School Part of the Fairfax County Public Schools
Saint Leo the Great Catholic School We are a Catholic school in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia serving children in Pre-School (ages 3 and 4) and Kindergarten through Eighth Grade.
Greenbriar West Elementary School Greenbriar West Elementary School is located in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County and a part of Fairfax County Public School.
Montessori School of Oakton An AMI school, The Montessori School of Oakton has been serving children from three to twelve years old in Fairfax County since 1981.
Fairfax Fit, Fairfax County Public Schools Helping Fairfax County Public Schools and the Lanier community get fit and healthy one day at a time!
07/27/2021