Category: pln

• Skyping In – #GRESA Conference

     Last week, I had the great opportunity to Skype into the conference with a good friend of mine from Georgia. Rod Smith, @IAmRodSmith, is the Director of Technology and Communications for Griffin-Spalding Schools. I contacted him earlier to get his help with an iPad technical issue [he is an iPad guru]. We arranged for […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/03/2013

  collaborate, commit, pln, school administration, school leadership, Skype, teachers

  2.0 Tools, Change, chats, Collaborate, communication, community, education, Hootsuite, leadership, School administration, School Leadership, Social media, stakeholders, Tweetdeck, Twitter

• Google Form as a Walk Thru Tool for Data & Feedback

  Our school uses GoogleForms for an informal walk thru observation tool. Since we began using iPads at the beginning of the year, the GoogleForm is great, convenient tool to gather data we use for planning professional development and other needed training.  We’ve recently discussed the need for a good way to get feedback back to the […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/03/2013

  collaborate, data, plc, pln, school administration, school leadership, teacher training, teachers

  data, Observation, planning, pln, professional development

• Integrating Google into Our Admin Function

     One of the major shifts we’re making this year is our use of Google. Cumberland County Schools is a Google district was already a Google district before I joined July 2012. We have most of our functions tied into the Google Cloud or at least available in the cloud. I’ve only been with Cumberland, […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  01/30/2013

  change, collaborate, plc, pln, school administration, school leadership, teachers

  Change, climate, Collaborate, communication, community, School administration, School Leadership

• What’s Best for Kids..,

       We’ve recently had our first principal’s meeting with our new superintendent, Dr. Dale Ellis. We heard a lot of great things about outlining our future efforts in reaching and teaching kids. As he talked about making a difference and the importance of good decision making, he spent a great deal of time speaking on […]

  Derek L. McCoy

  09/21/2010

  ‘unit planning’, plc, pln, student centered