Tag: communication

• Lowered Expectations

  

  Teaching is one of the most fulfilling professions ever. Ask any teacher who’s had a previous student return to talk fondly about their time in the classroom and you’ll know what makes this job so rewarding. But along with this fulfillment comes some of the greatest challenges – committing to lifelong personal growth and professional development…

  Derek L. McCoy

  10/23/2016

  change, Leadership

  BYOD, Change, Collaborate, communication, professional development

• Its a Culture Builder, Not a Selfie Stick

  

  We had our #OpenHouse Thursday night and it was a rousing success! After some heavy promotion and incredible preparation from an incredible staff [#GoBulldogs], we enjoyed a packed gymnasium, full halls and lots of smiles! We had two separate events – one special open house for 6th graders and a separate one for 7th/8th. Both…

  Derek L. McCoy

  08/23/2015

  Innovative Leadership

  communication, community, culture, leadership, principal, School administration

• Boomerang – A Gmail Enhancement

  My district, Cumberland County Schools [@CumberlandCoSch] is a Google district. Like a lot of districts, many of our functions have been sent to the ‘cloud’. In addition to benefiting from the integration of many Google apps, our email is now hosted on Google’s servers. This is the first district I’ve not used Outlook for my…

  Derek L. McCoy

  03/31/2013

  apps, school leadership

  2.0 Tools, communication, Google

• Middle School Schedule [4]: Our Schedule

  Our current schedule is a seven period day. It affords 50 minutes per class in all subjects. The way the seven period day has run here over the last couple of years is grade levels are given one common planning period in the morning by having the grade levels go to electives during  either 1st,…

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/25/2013

  ‘unit planning’, collaborate

  Change, communication, curriculum, education, School administration, school schedule, vision

• Middle School Schedule [1]: A New Opportunity

     This is an exciting time!    When I first joined Spring Lake Middle last summer, I had a series of meeting with different groups and our School Improvement Team. Our talks covered getting to know the new principal to strategic planning. The SIT and I had several meeting over the summer to review our…

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/13/2013

  change, collaborate, commit, plc, school administration, school leadership, student centered, teachers

  Change, Collaborate, communication, curriculum, decision making, education, leadership, schedule, School administration, School Leadership

• Awards Assembly/PBIS Kick Off

  Friday, Feb 2nd our school took the opportunity to take a great practice and make it better. Every nine weeks, at the end of the reporting period, we have hosted a grade level awards assembly recognizing student achievements. We invite parents and community members to the ceremony. Its been a great connecting piece and has…

  Derek L. McCoy

  02/10/2013

  collaborate, community, student centered, teachers

  climate, communication, community, education, stakeholders, vision