Encourage Feedback and Build Consensus: Use the Fist to Five Protocol to Guide Decisions
Building consensus as a school leader is crucial for fostering collaboration, trust, and shared ownership of decisions and direction. By involving sta…
Creating Shared Approaches: Tuning Protocol for Building Consensus
It is critical for school leaders to understand the importance of consensus building within school communities, process feedback, and effectively com…
Enticing Into Confusion
No matter our instructional, distributed, or transformational leadership strengths their value does not address the change agent’s mortal enemy, the…
Open Lines of Communication: Hold Authentic Spaces to Gather Feedback and Have Brave Conversations
Open lines of communication to create brave spaces for your staff, students, and community to share their excitement, hesitations, and to crowdsource …
Resources We Love (And Hope You Will Too!)
During our May Counterpart meetings, we asked folks to share what they have been engaging with recently. Below is a list of all the resources shared b…
Engage Your Emotional Intelligence to Improve Staff Retention
Most likely, you've heard or read about how employees don't quit jobs, they quit bosses. One of the most fundamental aspects of leadership is hiring t…
Leadership Language that Promotes Psychological Safety
Words matter. What we say and how we say it affects those around us in powerful ways. And while even with the best of intentions and practice, miscomm…
Inclusive Leadership “I Believe” Statements
Much of what guides and shapes a leader is what they themselves believe to be their role and function as a leader. But how many times have you actuall…
7 Great Leadership Qualities
Not all great leaders are the same or lead in the same way. Educational leaders, specifically, face many different responsibilities and challenges tha…
6 Types of Courage for Inclusive Workplaces
The role of educator—and educational leader—takes heart. And courage. But did you know that courage isn't one-size-fits-all? Not only are there di…
Foster Student SEL Competencies: Embed SEL Explanations Into Daily Check-Ins and Student Self-Management
Embedding social and emotional learning (SEL) into instruction is a powerful way to help students connect and engage in learning. Sharing with student…
Quick & Fun Learning: Improve Literacy Skills with These 10 Games
These are some of the best writing games that require minimal or no setup time and are an excellent option for substitute teachers looking to quickly …
Build Unity Through Change: Engage Staff in Continuous Improvement Processes
Continuous improvement should be embedded in day-to-day work, in a systemized, organic way. You can think of the cyclical process as a formative asses…
Become an IB World School: Primary Years Program
The IB Primary Years Program (PYP) for children aged 3-12 nurtures and develops young students as caring, active participants in a lifelong journey of…
Become an IB World School: Middle Years Program
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Middle Years Program (MYP) is for students aged 11-16, and is a challenging framework that encourages students…
Become an IB World School: Diploma Program
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Program (DP) is for students aged 16-19. The program aims to develop students who have excellent breadt…
Become an IB World School: Career-Related Program
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Career-related Program (CP) is designed for students aged 16-19. The program leads to further/higher education,…
Well-Being in Schools: 4 Steps to Building an Approach to Well-Being in Your School
This paper is the first policy research paper in a series on student well-being in IB World Schools. In this resource, the paper provides practical g…
Culture at the Core: How North Valley’s Monthly Themes Reinforce Maxims to Unify the School Community
During a Crowdsource on March 18, 2023, Erik Lathen, Principal of North Valley High School in Grants Pass, Oregon, shared how he's putting their maxi…
Supporting Your School Community: Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Teaching
While research has shown school-wide trauma-informed practices benefit all students, one-size-fits-all programs don’t work. Mainstream approaches to…
Trauma-Informed Teaching: 8 Strategies to Fostering a Feeling of Safety
When teachers are proactive and responsive to the needs of students suffering from traumatic stress and make small changes in the classroom that foste…
5 Ways to Support Your School Community: Integrating Trauma Responsiveness Into Your MTSS Framework
During a Crowdsource Coffee on May 10, 2023, Portico coaches and school leaders discussed strategies for rethinking systems with a trauma responsive m…
5-Point Intervention Approach: Implementing PBIS with a Racial Equity Mindset
Many schools are implementing PBIS in efforts to reduce racial disproportionality in school discipline. Research shows that schools implementing PBIS …
Implementing PBIS: 6 Challenges and 7 Supports to Consider for Your Schoolwide Program
Effectively implementing a schoolwide PBIS system that is equitable and meets the needs of all students may feel like a fairy tale. But by understandi…
Dos and Don’ts of PBIS: 10 Ways to Increase Equity and Authentic Positive Reinforcement
Instead of ditching the entire philosophy and practice of PBIS, we need to be aware of and prevent implicit biases from influencing our systems and pr…