May 2013

Listen More Than You Talk

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Sue Dunlop

“One thing is certain about the role of a school leader – it is people intensive!” (in Coaching Conversations: Transforming Your School Culture One Conversation at a Time, by Linda Gross Cheliotes and Marceta A. Reilly). Not only that, but every day as a principal or vice principal is filled with all kinds of conversations…
Whose Problem is it Anyway?

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by

Sue Dunlop

In a recent post, I shared how our principal learning team has grown over time and established trust. Our primary purpose in meeting is to help each other explore our problems of practice through a collaborative inquiry process. Problems of practice are pressing, urgent and defy solutions, despite our best efforts. They are problems that…