At the start of the 2020-2021 school year, I had the pleasure of joining the El Cerrito High School staff as an Assistant Principal. My first experience on staff was a zoom meeting with 15 other teachers and...
Student voice is not a new concept at De Anza High School. For over a year, a new school climate has been created where students have been empowered to know they have a say in their education. Everything...
“What if we formally planned and started hosting our Science and History department meetings together?” As chairs of two separate departments – History and Science – we initially viewed our leadership roles as two parallel rivers,...
“Me? A Teacher Leader? No way, I’m just a follower. I’m good at following directions. How can I LEAD my fellow colleagues who have decades more teaching experience than me?” These were...
One thing that I have learned on my journey in education is that not everyone is data positive like me. From the time when I was a new teacher, twenty years ago, working in primary schools...
I am an After School Coordinator in Vallejo, CA. In this role, I organize and run my school’s expanded learning programming and oversee my after-school staff. The school is located in an area where children are lacking resources. I...
July 1, 2024 | Dr. CPT Yashika Nicole Tippett-Eggleston
We all have biases, yet we are not all able to accept that fact. Nor are we often able to receive or believe that there are behaviors or systems that we as leaders allow that impede student achievement...
“Oh no, no no, this is not going to work.” Oof. I gulped… swallowed hard, and felt my heart pound in my ears and my face redden. I was tempted to offer a rebuttal, something like...
“Quiet leadership’ is not an oxymoron.” – Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Won’t Stop Talking When I first ready Quiet, by Susan...
Those kids don’t care. That’s too hard for these kids. These kids won’t be able to… You wouldn’t think you were at a meeting of educators, veterans at that, upon hearing these...
