By: Anna Bryan This July 28-30, we will welcome teams of teachers and administrators at the Hurd Welcome Center at Baylor University to identify and address a problem of practice related to campus improvement, focusing on feedback, engagement, or well-being. The great hope of this work is to collectively catalyze deep change in our schools that results in students becoming who they are created to be.  Whether or not your school team is attending this […]

This spring, our MA Fellows in the School Leadership program will share blog posts about their coursework and learning journey. Interested in becoming part of a future cohort? Connect with us here. By: Patreece Terrell Learning to Lead in Community  When I began my journey as an educator over a decade ago, I believed leadership was something you earned through achievement. Now I know it’s something you grow into by walking alongside others. In this season […]

By: Krystle Moos I recently came across a post on social media that suggested that teachers choose their words wisely. The comments that followed were aphorisms shared by teachers from their teachers. For me, it was things like: Yes, I am a millennial raised by GenX and Baby Boomer educators that were incredibly impactful in educating me to be prepared for a constantly evolving world. But technologies changed, and continue to change, faster than educators […]

This spring, our MA Fellows in the School Leadership program will share blog posts about their coursework and learning journey. Interested in becoming part of a future cohort? Connect with us here. By: Baognia Stoeckler It started with a test. A student who usually performed well got a low score. I handed it back with the usual instructions: “Do test corrections, and you can earn half your points back.” But she stared at the paper blankly. “I […]

This spring, our MA Fellows in the School Leadership program will share blog posts about their coursework and learning journey. Interested in becoming part of a future cohort? Connect with us here. By: Raven Chapple We were in the final inning. The bases were loaded. The crowd was loud, and the pressure was suffocating. The outcome of the game relied on the decision of the batter at the plate. This was not the time for the […]