Tag: community

• 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

• Making a Difference in Our Communities

  This past month, we had the opportunity to participate in another great community event that really highlights the best of working in schools and serving kids. When I first arrived at Spring Lake Middle, I was told about several strong, impactful, long standing community relationships that have made a difference in our school and community…

  Derek L. McCoy

  12/23/2013

  community, Innovative Leadership, school administration, school leadership

  community, School administration, School Leadership, stakeholders

• 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

• 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

• 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

• The Balance

  ‘Do we focus on fine tuning past traditions or work implementing new innovations/processes?’ This was the sum up of a conversation I was part of with my assistant principals.  As a fairly new administrative team we have pretty frequent conversations covering a variety of topics. My two APs are both in their second year and…

  Derek L. McCoy

  11/25/2012

  change, collaborate, community, school administration, school leadership, teachers

  Change, community, decision making, Jim Collins, School administration, School Leadership, stakeholders