Back in January of 2016 I wrote a post about how my focus was going to be balance.  It’s pretty interesting to see how the year transpired with that word guiding my work.  There were ups and downs, but I’m sure glad I had that word in the back of my mind as we took… Read More Reflecting on my #OneWord for 2016: Balance

Last week in a meeting we held edcamp style sessions in the afternoon.  One of my colleagues, Joan Brown, brought up a great question that I’ve been thinking about ever since. Are we talking about differentiation or personalization?  And do we really know the difference? I think this is a conversation happening in education circles around the… Read More Personalizing Learning

Last week each school in our pyramid sent a team of educators (a mix of admin, teachers, tech coaches, and tech specialists) to the Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) annual conference.  This is our state conference, attended by over 1200 educators from all parts and regions of our state.  Presenters are educators, administrators,… Read More Learning Together

I think we all know that character matters.  It’s how we make the decisions about what is important and how we spend our time.  Our character is the driving force behind how we treat people and interact with people.  What we place value on even determines what frustrates us when other people behave in ways… Read More Character Strengths

We’ve learned so much from visiting and connecting virtually with educators around our area and beyond over the last year of this work to transform teaching and learning.  We knew when we started this journey as our county’s initial pyramid doing this work that we would be opening our doors to share our journey and… Read More Sharing Our Work