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  • Start Your Revolution!!

    I’m happy to share that after almost two years, ‘The Revolution: Its Time to Empower Change in Our Schools’ is finally here. My co-author Darren [@dellwein] published it under the Teacher Like a Pirate, #tlap, banner and we couldn’t be happier with support and love we’ve been given. When we started out on this, we […]

    Derek L. McCoy

    05/17/2019
    Leadership
    #leadlap, #revoltlap, #tlap
  • Joining #GAED

    Joining #GAED

    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 […]

    Derek L. McCoy

    01/28/2019
    Leadership
  • Beyond the Task

    Beyond the Task

    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 […]

    Derek L. McCoy

    01/20/2018
    Leadership
  • Would YOU Be Inspired to Learn From You?

    Would YOU Be Inspired to Learn From You?

    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 […]

    Derek L. McCoy

    09/20/2017
    Leadership
  • The Lives We Touch

    The Lives We Touch

    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 […]

    Derek L. McCoy

    09/11/2017
    Leadership
  • Conditioned to Kink

    Two recent conversations have come together for create a profound insight for me and my role as an educator and school leader. First three good friends, Glenn Robbins, Winston Sakurai and Bill Ziegler recommended a book, Leadership Isn’t for Cowards, in a great Voxer chat. This is a book to fire up anyone working with […]

    Derek L. McCoy

    09/03/2017
    Leadership
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