by James Bailey | Jun 27, 2018 | News
The Role of Attention in Leading In my work of coaching principals, as both a superintendent and an executive coach, one of the greatest problems I have seen is the principal’s lack of focus or inability to manage his or her attention. For the most, principals become...
by James Bailey | Jan 11, 2017 | Blogs, News
One of our core values at the Leading Learning Institute is wisdom or applying the wisdom others have created through experience and research. Thousands of great ideas have been discovered in many fields that relate to education and leading learning, but little of...
by James Bailey | Dec 6, 2016 | Blogs, News
Principal coaching has started to become apparent as one more strategy to improve schools, but why? Let’s consider two different cases of newly minted principals. John, a middle school science teacher, took all of his course work on-line from an accredited university...
by James Bailey | Nov 29, 2016 | Blogs, News
Over the past few weeks, the Leading Learner’s Institute has been discussing a simple human capital model that suggests teacher engagement is the primary outcome of a positive school culture. Data has shown that only about 30% of educators are fully engaged in their...
by James Bailey | Oct 15, 2016 | Blogs, News
How many school leaders consciously avoid the teacher lunch room or team room to avoid the negativity and complaining that can occur in these locations? Many of my previous colleagues and ones that I work with now have told me that the biggest psychological burden...
by James Bailey | Aug 12, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
Welcome to the Leading Learners Institute. I wanted to personally welcome new readers and participants to the LLI blog and website. Let me give you a little background on why I started LLI and what separates us from the rest. As a K-12 educator and leader for over 28...