Tools, Insights and Resources
As schools adjust to and implement online teaching and learning, Folio is eager to assist school leaders as they support and guide their faculty and staff.
This page includes:
– practical, easy-to-use and downloadable Tools to help you lead and respond to your faculty and staff
– Insight and Tips for leading in the current, ever-changing school environment
– helpful Resources and Links to articles, blog posts and information about supporting teachers and managing online (including some created for other industries but applicable to independent schools)
Tools
Insights and Tips
Continuity in Crisis: A Leadership Conversation around Distance Learning, A Town Hall with Brad Rathgeber
In his April 3 Town Hall, Brad Rathgeber, Head of School and CEO of One Schoolhouse, offered three messages for independent school leaders who …
Using the Folio Platform for Sharing Conversations
The Folio platform provides a number of tools for users to collaborate and share ideas, post information and record notes. These tools can be …
Applying Innovation Frameworks to Our New Reality, A Town Hall with Tim Fish
Tim Fish’s role as Chief Innovation Officer at NAIS allows him to see the trends, themes and common issues shared by all independent schools. In …
Using Educational Neuroscience to Support Remote Leadership and Learning, A Town Hall with Glenn Whitman
In Glenn Whitman’s March 27 Town Hall, participants discussed how to assess and respond to the moods, emotions, and needs of their community. They …
Resources and Links
Below is a collection of additional resources on how to help people and teams manage their communications and productivity as a result of impact of the COVID-19 virus. These resources were created for other industries or other types of businesses but offer insight which can be applied to independent schools.
Supporting Remote Teams
- 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
- 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
- Learning in a Time of Crisis- FSG - Added 5/11/20
- Teaching Through a Pandemic: A Mindset for This Moment- Edutopia - Added 5/9/20
- Curbing Teacher Burnout During the Pandemic- Edutopia - Added 5/9/20
- Lead Your Team Into a Post-Pandemic World - Harvard Business Review - Added 5/9/20
- 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
- 4 Truths That Will Improve Your Remote Leadership Skills Overnight - Inc. - Added 4/13/20
- Top 10 Employee COVID-19 Concerns Every Leader Needs to Understand - Tiny Pulse - Added 4/7/20
- 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
- What’s The Surprising Leadership Lesson In The COVID-19 Crisis? - Forbes - Added 3/31/20
- How to Lead Through Turbulent and Uncertainty with Clarity and Confidence - Leadership Freak - Added 3/24/20
- What 9/11 Taught Us About Leadership in a Crisis - New York Times - 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
- The Brain and Emotional Intelligence - Daniel Goleman - Added 3/17/20
- Meditations - ONWARD - Added 3/17/20
- Ice Breakers and Warm-Ups - National School Reform Faculty - Added 3/17/20
- Check in Circle - National School Reform Faculty - Added 3/17/20
- How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team is Remote - Harvard Business Review
- Ten Strategies for Educators' Wellbeing: A Handbook for Schools During the COVID-19 Outbreak - Sea Change
- The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work - Zapier
- Building a Great Culture with Remote Teams - Forbes
- What Does Team Culture Mean? - Toggl
- How to Grow a Positive Company Culture with a Remote Team - 6Q
- 5 Ways to Work from Home More Effectively - Harvard Business Review
- How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote - Harvard Business Review
- A First-Time Manager’s Guide to Leading Virtual Teams - Harvard Business Review
- How to Run a Great Virtual Meeting - Harvard Business Review
- The Remote Worker’s Guide to Working with a Team - Asana
- How to Transition Your Team to Remote Work - Entrepreneur
- Challenges to Managing Virtual Teams and How to Overcome Them - Harvard Extension School
- How Remote Teams are the Becoming the Future of Work - HelpScout
- 7 Best Practices for COVID-19-Necessitated Online Meetings - Inside Higher Ed