by Lisa Dabbs | Aug 28, 2018 | classroom culture, mentoring, Teaching
This post originally appeared as an ongoing series on EdweekTeacher.org The New Teacher Chat: Advice, Tips, and Support Christine, Your post a few weeks ago on Finding Your Voice had some great points. I think new teachers are reluctant to share their voice on any...
by Lisa Dabbs | Mar 12, 2018 | classroom culture, mentoring, School Culture, Teaching
This post originally appeared as an ongoing series on EdweekTeacher.org The New Teacher Chat: Advice, Tips, and Support Dear Christine, Happy New Year! I hope you had an enjoyable winter break. It’s such a wonderful time of year to relax and spend time with family and...
by Lisa Dabbs | Mar 1, 2018 | Leadership, Posts, Relationships, School Culture, Teaching
The Power of Feedback As an elementary school principal, I worked with amazing educators in some challenging school communities. I saw students rise to success and bring joy to their parents. Every step that I made and action that I took became critical to the success...
by Lisa Dabbs | Aug 2, 2017 | Posts
Teaching is hard. As a former school principal, working 19 years in the field I saw the struggle first hand that my new teachers experienced. As prepared as they were, with classroom pedagogy and strategies, it wasn’t enough. There was always another challenge...
by Lisa Dabbs | Aug 24, 2016 | Posts
Beat the Back-to-School Jitters with Twitter! by Lisa Dabbs | August 24, 2016 | Posts | 0 comments Every Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT, 8 p.m. ET, I host New Teacher Chat (#ntchat) on Twitter. It’s a time for new and pre-service teachers, as well as supportive administrators...