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Navigating Recruitment and Retention With Jack and Jana Part III: A District Leader's Guide to Hiring

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School Improvement

Navigating Recruitment and Retention With Jack and Jana Part II: The Gift of Strategy

As our journey reaches the six-month timeline, we are beginning to see recurring themes,.

School Improvement

Navigating Recruitment and Retention With Jack and Jana Part I: Setting Goals

With 65 combined years of educational experience, we are very excited for this new adventure of.

School Improvement

Teacher Recruiting Events: 7 Questions to Ask

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted traditional approaches to how we interact and connect with each.

School Improvement

Steps That Administrators Can Take to Address Secondary Trauma Stress

The COVID-19 pandemic has left long-lasting impacts on educators and students alike. According to a.

Instructional Coaching

4 Reasons Leaders Should Engage in Executive Coaching

In the last decade, coaching initiatives across the globe have been recognized as a benefit to.

Professional Development

2 Key Questions to Guide Your PD for Principals

This post is excerpted from the recent eSchool News article How Our Leadership Academies Are.

School Leadership

5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Launching Your Instructional Leadership Team

As my colleague Jason Stricker discussed in his blog post 3 Keys to Building Strong Instructional.

Professional Development

School Leaders: How to Achieve Instructional Breakthrough in Your Schools

If you’re like most district and school leaders, you started the school year with an excited staff.

School Improvement

Supporting Students’ Learning at Home

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate headlines, we need no reminder about the.

School Leadership

Recruiting Teachers of Color: Why It Starts With Being Intentional About Retention

In my work in supporting districts with building teacher recruitment and retention systems across.

School Improvement

5 Considerations to Develop an Equity-Focused Strategic Plan

It’s easy to say that equity is a priority for a district or an organization; what’s more difficult.

Professional Development

Thank you, teachers: A few tweets from your former students at Insight

In honor of National Teacher Appreciation week, the Insight team would like to extend our.

School Leadership

Culture: The Invisible Umbrella of Effective Instructional Leadership Teams

In the Summer 2019 issue of the ASCD Educational Leadership (EL) magazine, I discuss the.

School Leadership

Why Teacher Recruitment Needs to Change

Teachers have the largest in-school impact on student achievement. We also know that teacher.

Instructional Coaching

How a Nationwide Networked Improvement Community Seeks to Empower Educators

Insight is incredibly excited to announce a new partnership with five districts across four states.

Instructional Coaching

7 Reasons Why Districts Need to Invest in Principal Coaching

Research has been very clear. There is no greater school-related impact on student achievement than.

Professional Development

3 Keys to Building Strong Instructional Leadership Teams

We know from supporting schools and districts across the nation for the last 17 years that some of.

Professional Development

The 5 Shifts Healthy PLCs Make

Since professional learning communities (PLCs) for teachers starting taking off in the 1990s, they.

School Leadership

Forget Singapore and Finland: For School Improvement Practices, Let’s Look Elsewhere

A few years ago, the height of elevated education discourse was centered around what we in the U.S..

Professional Development

Meeting the Challenge of College and Career Readiness

In October 2015, Insight had the fantastic honor of sponsoring a District Administration Leadership.