Hello fellow Licensed Professional Counselors! I am in the dissertation phase of my PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision through Capella University. Throughout this program, my interest in advocacy that counselors can engage in has grown significantly and increased my curiosity about the engagement of advocacy in counselors’ roles and barriers to advocacy engagement that…
Artificial Intelligence is building an impressive track record of offering learners with ADHD multiple layers of personalized assistance. Differentiation tools and strategies will continue to play a large role in education as student populations become more diverse and students with special needs are increasingly placed in general education classes. According to aChatGTP Offers Multiple Layers…
Why are over 50 public schools in the US named after Horace Mann?
This is the second blog post in my summer series on instructional redesign in K-12 public education. Before I dive into the nitty gritty in future posts, let’s consider what mindset is required to effectively investigate, generate, evaluate, and implement the needed changes. Growth Mindset – It never hurts to start with some Carolyn Dweck,…
I am reflecting and writing about my K-12 public education experience and perspective this summer. After starting my career in finance and management consulting, I have spent 30+ years serving public education in many roles for many types of organizations – as you can see from my LinkedIn profile – linkedin.com/in/jimdflanagan, I also consumed it…
We know by now that for K12 leaders the “end of school” really just means a chance to work on the projects that have been needing attention for the last 6 months. Networking, curriculum, enrollments, and maintenance all need to get done in an all-too-short window over the summer. But often part of that is…
Recently, I was wading through my email during what is yet another crazy time of the school year. (When I think about it, is there a time of year that isn’t crazy?). It seems no matter how many marketing and sales emails I hit the ‘unsubscribe’ button on, there are more messages waiting in line…
K12Leaders is growing in membership as well as capacity. We have some exciting new features we’d love to share with you! – Ambassador Program. Are you already a raging fan of K12Leaders? We’d like to reward you with swag and other rewards. A new contest will be coming up soon!! Be sure to check out…
MASTERCLASS for Superintendents is a mission-driven LLC dedicated to helping K-12 education leaders more effectively lead school districts. We ensure that aspiring and experienced superintendents thrive and not just survive. As we look out at the landscape of the present state of the Superintendency in Massachusetts, we see a significant yearly turnover of Superintendents.* Retirements, resignations, and terminations undermine…
I, like many of us in educational technology, have been somewhat taken away by AI over the last few months. ChatGPT, Dall e, and Midjourney have been weekly, if not daily, topics of discussion, along with AI policy, frameworks, assignments, and assessments in education. For example, just in this past week I have run an…