Transform Your Career: The Road to Becoming a School Leader
As an educator, there comes a point in your career when you may start to think about advancing your career. Becoming a school leader is a popular choice among educators, and for good reason. Advancing your career as an educator can offer numerous benefits, both professionally and personally.
Empowering Educators: The Role of Transformational Leadership in Creating Positive Change in Education
Teachers are the backbone of any educational system. They are the ones responsible for shaping the minds of future generations, and their impact on society cannot be overstated. However, in many cases, teachers are not given the resources or support they need to succeed. This is where transformational leadership comes in. By empowering educators, transformational leaders can create positive change in education that benefits everyone involved.
Trust Issues in Teams: How to Fix Them and Improve Team Dynamics
Trust is an essential component of any team, whether in a business or personal setting. When trust exists within a team, members are more likely to work together effectively, share information openly, and make decisions more confidently. However, when trust is lacking, teams often become ineffective, as members become guarded, withhold, and are less likely to collaborate.
Should School Leaders Have Coaches or Consultants?
The work of a school leader may require some help from either a consultant or coach to better prepare the leader for how to handle their stressful responsibilities. So, the question is does a school leader need a leadership coach or consultant?
Leader of Learning Podcast episode 123: Why I Resigned as an Assistant Principal
Episode 123 features Dr. Kreiness (@dr_kreiness) discuss his decision to resign from a role as an assistant principal after only a few months. In his most vulnerable episode yet, Dr. Kreiness shares what initially excited him about the role, reasons that led to his resignation, why both decisions were very difficult for him and his family, and what the future holds for him and the Leader of Learning brand.
Why I Resigned as an Assistant Principal
Episode 123 features Dr. Kreiness (@dr_kreiness) discuss his decision to resign from a role as an assistant principal after only a few months. In his most vulnerable episode yet, Dr. Kreiness shares what initially excited him about the role, reasons that led to his resignation, why both decisions were very difficult for him and his family, and what the future holds for him and the Leader of Learning brand.
Guest Blog: Importance of Practical Education
By Rachel Savage, written exclusively for dankreiness.com The Importance of Practical Education Learning is the most important thing in this present age. If a person has no marketable skills, lacks interpersonal skills, and cannot present their thoughts the right way, they can never excel in this fast-paced globalized world. But most of the time, people […]
Guest Blog: What Full-Time Parents Should Know About Earning a Degree
If you’re a stay-at-home parent who’s always dreamed of going back to school, there’s no time like the present. Especially when many of the top universities in the country offer such flexible options for earning your degree. So whether you are interested in pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or even a PhD, Leader of Learning presents ideas on how to make it work for you and your busy schedule.
Guest Blog: Mind the Gap: How Gender Plays a Role in Educational Leadership
By Jime Bopie Written exclusively for dankreiness.com In the United States, teaching is a career that was once dominated by men. It was only around the mid-19th century that the profession’s gender composition changed, during the time when the public school system came to fruition. When schools opened their doors to students of varying genders […]
Guest Blog: How to Hire the Right Educational Candidates to Inspire Change
While the shortage of teachers continues to be a very pressing issue that highlights a lot of problems within the educational system, it doesn’t mean that educational institutions should take recruitment lightly just to fill the demand. In fact, they should put more emphasis on making the process effective and efficient to find the right educators that can spark change. To do this, educational institutions should write clear job descriptions, streamline their application process and use effective tools.