by Lisa Dabbs | Apr 20, 2018 | mentoring, Posts, Teaching
This post originally appeared as an ongoing series on EdweekTeacher.org The New Teacher Chat: Advice, Tips, and Support Christine, Your post on The Value in Reflection was so much fun to read. Looks like you’re jumping into the new year with incredible energy!...
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...
by Lisa Dabbs | Aug 9, 2016 | Posts
“The whole morning meeting not only sets a really good tone for the students, but it sets a tone for me.” – Teacher in Louisville, Kentucky When I first learned about the Morning Meeting model, I was working as an elementary school principal in...
by Lisa Dabbs | Aug 4, 2016 | Posts
(Me and my pre-service teachers.) I love to learn and grow and this post is meant to be a support to those of you new to the teaching profession. It’s also meant to be a way for me to collaborate with YOU, virtually. All the rest of the month of August, I will...
