Tools, Insights and Resources
As schools plan for the fall, and adjust to current needs, Folio is eager to assist school leaders as they support and guide their faculty and staff.
This page includes:
– helpful Resources and Links to articles, blog posts and information about supporting teachers and leading remotely (including some created for other industries but applicable to independent schools)
– practical, easy-to-use and downloadable Tools to help you lead and respond to your faculty and staff
-Insights and Tips for leading in the current, ever-changing school environment
Tools
Insights and Tips
Making the Most of myFolio New Features
The new features and enhancements in the cloud-based, myFolio online platform are more than a clean, new look. They are an expansion and a demonstration …
Dave Mochel Town Hall: Reflecting Honestly on What’s Working
Learn simple and powerful practice for honest and self-compassionate reflection that allows you to access the wisdom and confidence you need in real time to …
Dr. Arman Taghizadeh Town Hall: How can we teach through something we never learned?
The COVID-19 Pandemic has led to so many unexpected and unfortunate hardships including suddenly changing the way we teach our students, managing the anxiety of …
Lessons Learned and Ideas from the Folio Community
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 …
Resources and Links
Supporting Remote Teams
- TED Talk: The Puzzle of Motivation - Daniel H. Pink - Added 8/7/20
- How Effective Goal-Setting Motivates Employees - McKinsey & Company - Added 8/7/20
- 7 Musts When Engaging in Healthy Conflict - Great Leadership - Added 7/15/20
- 7 Strategies for Promoting Collaboration in a Crisis - Harvard Business Review - Added 7/15/20
- 10 Things Great School Leaders Do Over the Summer - edutopia - Added 7/2/20
- The Leadership Superpower of the Post-Pandemic World - Lead to Win - Added 6/17/20
- The Inventor’s Mentality: Four Leadership Strategies for Reopening School - NAIS Independent Ideas - Added 6/17/20
- End of Year Reflection for Teachers - Teaching with Jennifer Findley - Added 6/8/20
- Ten Teacher Questions for Self-Reflection - ASCD In Service - Added 6/8/20
- Make End-of-Year Reflection Matter - Getting Smart - Added 6/8/20
- Understanding Validation: A Way to Communicate Acceptance - Psychology Today - Added 6/8/20
- Leadership Development Skills: Acknowledging and Validating - Success Rockets - Added 6/8/20
- Learning in the Thick of It - Harvard Business Review - Added 6/8/20
- Your End of Year Reflection - Katie Quinney - Added 6/4/20
- Downloadable Tools from Elena Aguilar's Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience - Added 6/4/20
- Hardwiring Happiness - TEDxMarin - Added 6/4/20
- To Really Develop Others, Check Your Own Mindset - Association for Talent Development - Added 5/17/20
- So You Had a Bad Day … Here are some tips to pick yourself back up again, regain some dignity and soldier on after the lousiest of days - New York Times - Added 5/13/20
- Shift your Organization from Panic to Purpose - Harvard Business Review - Added 5/12/20
- The #1 Leadership Skill for the “Covid19 War” – Inner Peace - Leadership Now - Added 5/12/20
- You’re Out of Your Comfort Zone. What Can You Do About It? - Elemental - Added 5/12/20
- How Self-Reflection Can Make You a Better Leader - Kellogg Insight - Added 5/11/20
- We Need Imagination Now More than Ever- Harvard Business Review - Added 5/11/20
- Learning in a Time of Crisis- FSG - Added 5/11/20
- Good Leadership is All About Communicating "Why" - Harvard Business Review - Added 5/6/20
- How Leaders Can Get Team Buy In - Matt Monge - Added 4/22/20
- The Restorative Power of Ritual - Harvard Business Review - Added 4/7/20
- How To Get Quick Feedback With The Plus Delta Tool - CMOE - Added 4/3/20
- How to Lead Through Turbulent and Uncertainty with Clarity and Confidence - Leadership Freak - Added 3/24/20
- Checking In and Out: What’s That All About? - Richard Kasperowski - Added 3/17/20
- For More Productive Meetings, Do a Mindset Check-In First - TLNT - Added 3/17/20
- Expansive Listening - ONWARD - Added 3/17/20
- Meditations - ONWARD - Added 3/17/20
- Ten Strategies for Educators' Wellbeing: A Handbook for Schools During the COVID-19 Outbreak - Sea Change
- What Does Team Culture Mean? - Toggl
