Derek L. McCoy

This might be news to some but for several close friends and colleagues, its not news to say that after several glorious years in North Carolina I’m happy to announce I’m joining Grady County Schools. This is actually a couple of months late in announcing but it’s always on time to share mementos news. Some […]

School leaders have a lot on their plates – there are things that just have to get done. Everything that has to be done is about making sure people are safe, have what they need and being nurtured/supported/pushed to do better.   The managerial tasks are part of the job but that doesn’t mean we […]

First impressions are huge. While we shouldn’t make judgements about people or situations from a first glance, they are undeniably powerful. I asked teachers to tap into this powerful opportunity by thinking of a saying or message and painting it above their freshly painted door frame. This is an opportunity to form a first opinion […]

Our Intervention Specialist and I had to do some home visits recently to check in on students we were pretty sure enrolled in our school this year but we haven’t heard from them, for one reason or another. We had several students to check on. Our conversation became speculative about some of the students we […]