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Eduleadership Justin Baeder on High-Performance Instructional Leadership
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Justin Baeder is Director of The Principal Center, where he helps k-12 leaders build capacity for instructional leadership.

08/21/2026

“Build a relationship” is directionally correct, but it doesn’t prevent behavior problems…and behavior problems are NOT an indication that the teacher failed to build a relationship. It shouldn’t come up when a student gets in trouble.

08/20/2026

Get rid of resource rooms? No. Small-group intervention in the classroom, by the classroom teacher, isn’t really intervention. It’s just cheaper.

08/06/2026

Does building relationships with students really improve their behavior? Or is that just wishful thinking because consequences are unpleasant?

08/04/2026

Two false ideas about consequences: 1. They have to be tailored to the student 2. They don’t work at all

07/27/2026

Salamanca High School isn’t getting a robot after all, but do they understand what went wrong with this decision? On two fronts, apparently not.

07/20/2026

Before buying a robot for classroom use, school leaders should have asked “How is this going to look as a newspaper headline?”

07/17/2026

Here’s why “learning how to learn” is a waste of time. Timeless knowledge, not some sort of meta-skill, is what students need to acquire the knowledge they’ll need in the future.

07/15/2026

A British schoolboy took two bottles of water on a 93F day. Should he have received detention? How can schools hold kids to high standards without seeming petty?

06/23/2026

Interview prep starts now, while you have time off. Don’t wait until hiring season begins. Put in the work, and your preparation will pay off.

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