What would it take for schools to become more collaborative places? What practices distinguish highly collaborative organizations? And if we believe that collaboration enhances learning among students, how can we help teachers learn in more collaborative ways as well? Our team at the Folio Collaborative believes that finding more effective ways to support and enhance …
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Join a conversation with Andi Shurley, Principal at Ursuline Academy of Dallas, about how Ursuline uses myFolio’s Mindful Minute tool to attend to faculty well-being and deepen relationships between administrators and faculty across a large school. [0:44] What is your school’s Folio success story? Andi talks about how Ursuline has leveraged the Mindful Minute tool during …
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Meredith Monk Ford Folio Executive Director Like you, I had hoped that by this point in the school year, we would know what to expect from week to week. Seven months into the pandemic and over a month since students returned, I assumed – like you – that we would have a plan for …
by Meredith Monk Ford Folio Executive Director It’s lonely at the top. Even if you had an inkling six months ago that you’d still be wrestling with pandemic challenges in the Fall, it doesn’t make today any easier. Leading faculty and staff at the start of a pandemic school year is much different than March’s …
by Andy Shaw, Director of Professional Learning Events this year — and our nation’s response to them — have shone a spotlight upon the realities of racism and racial injustice in the United States. Seizing this moment, and the momentum that has come with it, many of Folio’s member schools nationwide have chosen to …
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By Meredith Monk Ford Executive Director I love to devour data. At a time when free learning via webinars is coming at us from every angle, I’m like a kid in a candy store. Just this past week, I listened to back-to-back webinars with leadership statistics and frameworks that I found to be particularly relevant to …
School leaders are being innovative and bold in supporting their communities. For teachers and staff, the result has been boosts in morale, a strong sense of ownership, new skills and experiences, and regular reminders that leaders are there for them. In last week’s Folio group leadership coaching session, one-on-one conversations, Member Spotlight presentation, and Mastermind …
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by Meredith Monk Ford Executive Director Over the past few weeks, in every conversation and through every email, I have been reminded about the power and promise of community. School leaders are understandably overwhelmed. They are trying to process all the information, requests and needs being thrown at them. Yet through all this messiness, chatter …
Town Hall Presentation Added March 18, 2020 The Folio Team hosted their first Town Halls on March 17, creating an opportunity for school leaders to share insights and ideas, and identify the issues and challenges they are grappling with as their schools move to remote learning. Here is Folio Executive Director Meredith Monk Ford’s presentation …
By Natika Stewart Director of Membership Success As schools transition to online learning or prepare plans to do so should the situation necessitate it, school leaders are preparing to support a virtual workforce. For most this is a new challenge; teaching and learning is fundamentally about relationships, and as educators, we develop and maintain those …