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Listening in the Midst of Living

November 4, 2015kellywchrisblogging, discovery, failure, Future, growth, innovation, inspiration, Leadership#change, #twitter, collaboration, connecting, education, educational leadership, expectations, fear, lifelong learning, success, teacher growth

We devote time to what is important but who gets to decide what is important in a person’s life?

Are you Failing or Flailing?

November 3, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, blogging, creativity, design, goal setting, growth, growth mindset, innovation, inspiration, Leadership, learning#change, education, failure, success

Are you planning for success so that failure informs what you are doing? Failure happens but do you have a plan for using the failure to move toward success?

Let’s Try Re-Framing

November 2, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, action, administration, creativity, Future, goal setting, growth, innovation, Leadership#change, #learning, #twitter, administrators, principal, principalship, school change, schools, teachers, teaching

The First Follower This is one of my favourite videos about leadership and being willing to take risks. Early in my career as a teacher, and then as an administrator, I often was so focused on my own agenda that I often missed out on helping others who were more talented that I was as particular…

Don’t Imitate – Innovate

October 28, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, creativity, effectiveness, failure, Future, growth, innovation#change, blogging, education, fear, goal setting

What inspires you? Where do you find the inspiration to be creative? To be innovative? We can all be creative and innovative, it just takes a bit of effort.

I Failed But It Was Worth It

October 27, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, failure, growth, growth mindset, learning#change, blogging, education, fear, goal setting

Failure is Important My run this morning wasn’t great. I laboured through it. My time was below my usual pace and I was struggling. I didn’t run as far as I usually run and my side hurt. It was a great run. Huh? How can that be? It was great because I ran. It all…

Small Changes – getting big results – #saskedchat Aug.27

August 28, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, action, blogging, Future, goal setting, growth, innovation, inspiration, Leadership#change, collaboration, education, future education, school change, support, teacher growth

Making change doesn’t have to be daunting if we look at small changes over time.

Do You Love Learning?

August 4, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, #skblog15, action, blogging, effectiveness, Future, growth, innovation, inspiration, Leadership, learning, PLE, professional development#change, #technology, 21st century schools, educational leadership, risk, risk-taking

Do you love learning? How do we support teachers to cultivate their love of learning without overwhelming them to the point where they withdraw?

But I Can’t “Just Do It!”

July 30, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, #skblog15, blogging, connecting, effectiveness, Future, growth, innovation, inspiration, Leadership, risk#change, collaboration, education, educational leadership, future education, goal setting, leaders, support

Change is difficult and it requires preparation and support throughout the process. “Get on the train or….” doesn’t really fit.

#saskedchat July 30, 2015 – #tlap

July 30, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, #tlap, connecting, growth, innovation, inspiration, Leadership, learning, networking, pirate, professional development, risk, risk taking, school, security, sharing#change, education, expectations, teach like a pirate

It was another amazing #saskedchat tonight. Dave Burgess dropped by at the start of the chat to get things going. @MrALongstaff and @brettReis then took over and guided the #saskedchat ship through a great chat focused on Teach Like a Pirate. The participants had some great ideas and suggestions for building relationships with students in…

What Can One Do?

July 22, 2015kellywchris#saskedchat, #skblog15, action, blogging, connecting, effectiveness, growth, innovation, multipliers, networking, professional development, risk#change, collaboration, future education, goal setting, Power, risk-taking

How can one person make a difference? What can educators do to make a difference?

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