As I was going over a slide deck for an upcoming adult learning presentation with my Lead by Learning coach, they asked, “Why did you ask the participants that question? What do you want them to be thinking...
At Paden Elementary, home of the Pelicans, our Professional Learning Community (PLC) work is not something done to teachers—it is driven by teacher leaders. This year, our PLC team has taken the lead in...
July 17, 2026 | Bianca Lorenz and Courtney McGuire
Where We Began with Assistant Principal Bianca Lorenz It was a new school year, and I was returning as an Assistant Principal and facilitator of our professional development (PD) planning. In the first meeting of the year, I...
The 2025/2026 Library Leadership Team (LLT) for Oakland Unified School District first met on a warm August day at Northeastern University Oakland with Lead by Learning, equipped with printouts of district-wide library circulation data, some highlighters, and a...
I started the 2025-26 school year in a new role as the District Librarian for the Jefferson Union High School District. As District Librarian, I would be covering five schools. In this role, the Library Media Technicians are...
Even as the role of the library evolves, it remains a place for patrons to explore and read books. As I transitioned from K-8 to high school librarianship, working diligently to reopen a long-shuttered school library and rebuild...
My job is to widen college and career access for young people who are furthest from opportunity. I came into the AI Together Community of Practice (CoP) with Lead by Learning with the understanding that our students are...
Earlier this year, I shared with a colleague some exemplar assignments from my past students in which they wrote about themselves in the style of Holden Caulfield. She replied that she loved the assignment but feared that these...
Despite my thirteen years of teaching experience, I don’t feel like a veteran teacher. Early in my career, I was told that teachers hit their stride after three years, then five years, and now I don’t know many...
When I think about where this learning journey truly began, I always return to a moment early in the school year that caught me off guard. I introduced AI tools into my coding classroom, and the energy was...
