Instructional Leadership Challenge #ilchal

This morning I officially completed The 21 Day Instructional Leadership Challenge.

It only took me 30 days. :)

If you have seen/heard about the challenge through your PLN, I HIGHLY encourage you to take part. Justin Baeder shares time-saving resources and tips that will get you in classrooms more often and giving purposeful feedback that will help your teachers grow.

What you can expect...
Daily emails that highlight the video and accompanying action steps. The videos are short (3-7 minutes) and detail research-based practices that help instructional leaders get organized and create habits that will give them more time in classrooms. (There is also a transcript if you are unable to watch the video at that particular time.)

Baeder does promote the use of the TeachBoost program, but I found the challenge just as beneficial without getting the free-trial that was offered.

I already find myself in more classrooms and getting more tasks completed during the day - even though the past few weeks have been extremely busy.

Sign up today!

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