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2 Productivity and Collaboration Tips

ByBeverly Payne

Easy agendas and note-taking for meetings Increase your productivity and collaboration If you are a typical central office administrator, you probably find yourself in meetings quite often.  How can you increase productivity and collaboration at your meetings?   I am sharing with you two ways that I have found to boost productivity and collaboration for teams….

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Using the SORT Function in Spreadsheets: a Tutorial for Educational Administrators

ByBeverly Payne

When I first transitioned from the classroom to the central office, I did not know much about spreadsheets.  As a new testing coordinator, I quickly learned that I would be using spreadsheets often, and I needed to get on really friendly terms with them.  Fourteen years of central office life later and I can say…

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SAMR: Getting Started Guide for Central Office Administrators

ByBeverly Payne

Isn’t it nice to discover something that allows you to make sense of new information?  It is a great feeling, isn’t it?  Something (e.g., understanding) clicks in my brain and produces warm, fuzzy feelings (aka feelings of self-efficacy). That’s how I felt a few years ago when I first learned about SAMR.   As my…

Making Changes

ByBeverly Payne

When I was still in the classroom, I wanted to be the best teacher I could be.  I spent a lot of time reading about new strategies and new philosophies, developing units, lessons, and activities based on this research.   This morning a family member, who is also a teacher, shared on Facebook an excerpt…

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Personalized Education Means Good Core Instruction

ByBeverly Payne

I remember early in my career when the term ‘personalized education’ was being bandied around the teacher table at lunch.  Being new to the profession, I stayed quiet, hoping to learn what this might mean for me and my classroom.     Some colleagues discussed how personalized education meant that teachers would have to write…