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
Current Covid-19 Employment Concerns: New legislation, paying employees, performance expectations, and lessons learned, A Town Hall with Harriet Cooperman and Kathryn Beaumont Murphy
In their April 6 Town Hall, Harriet Cooperman and Kathryn Beaumont Murphy from Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s K-12 Independent School Practice discuss employment …
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 …
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
