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		<title>In Pursuit of Simplicity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mike Schmoker&#8217;s new book Leading with Focus has given me the kick I needed to return to this blog in an effort to ensure our staff in ISD 186 has the clarity that strong leaders provide.  Pulling from one of my favorite authors and researchers on organizational effectiveness, he quotes Jim Collins in his book Good to Great &#8211; &#8220;The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is a great post by my ISD 191 colleague Joe Gothard on Mindfulness. One of my favorite quotes is &#8220;go slow to go fast.&#8221;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Walking My Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2015 01:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photo by Preserved Light Photography I&#8217;m diving in and taking our high school principal and 3 board members with me.  It&#8217;s certainly not a combat mission, but carving out the time to do it feels that way some days.  We are committing to a year-long learning journey focused on the &#8220;Core Essentials of Leadership&#8221; in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Collaboration Is Difficult&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While it seems there is a common call for more time to collaborate in all school districts, those who dig into the meaningful work of true collaboration discover it is far easier to continue working in isolation.  The majority of us learned our trade figuring it out as we went through the enduring pains of trial and error.  Being isolated [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Originally posted on <a href="https://chrislindholm.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/only-when-it-is-dark-enough-can-you-see-the-stars">Supt&#039;s  Thoughts</a>: <br />Reposting this today in honor of Dr. King:  I am grateful for the reminder in church this morning of the powerful words that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared in his last speech, &#8220;I&#8217;ve Been to the Mountaintop&#8221; on April 3rd, 1968.   His inspiration, support, and leadership lives far beyond the generation of people who&#8230;]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reposting this today in honor of Dr. King:  I am grateful for the reminder in church this morning of the powerful words that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared in his last speech, &#8220;I&#8217;ve Been to the Mountaintop&#8221; on April 3rd, 1968.   His inspiration, support, and leadership lives far beyond the generation of people who knew him, and our world is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Standards and Mastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our District Leadership Team recently took a deep dive into the first element of Marzano&#8217;s Instructional Framework, &#8220;Providing Rigorous Learning Goals and Performance Scales (Rubrics).&#8221;  As we participated in instructional rounds and discussed what clear goals and performance scales should look like according to the protocol provided in the framework, it became clear that we have much work [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Leading Among Peers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2014 01:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A week ago I had the privilege of leading a work session with our District Leadership Team to reflect on our growth over the past 6 months, to assess our progress on district and school improvement goals, and to update our action plans for the next 3 months.  It&#8217;s year one in our district for implementing the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What are Instructional Rounds?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 02:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today was an exciting and challenging day full of great learning work in #ISD186.  Six of our teacher leaders opened their classroom doors to a team of colleagues and administrators so we could take a deep dive into the Marzano Instructional Framework.  Using just 1 of the 61 elements in the framework, our learning was focused on what to look [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Teaching and Leading is Tough Business&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reposting this post 4 years later.  It&#8217;s just as applicable today &#8211; in a district of 2 sites and 1,600 students&#8230;  Teaching is indeed a calling! &#160; Communications over the past couple of weeks has made clear that I&#8217;m in a different ball game than I was just a few months ago.  As a teacher leader [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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