Have you ever gone to a conference and sat through 3 days of fantastic speakers and break-out sessions that gave you tremendous ideas, only to return to work the next week buried under a mound of emails and work projects?
A week later you wonder where all those great ideas went?
The HOPE Foundation has a cure [...]
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Sit-N-Git vs Team Work Time and Collaboration
December 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Carefree AZ · conferences · educational leaderhsip · HOPE
Testimonial on HOPE conference
November 24th, 2009 1 Comment
One of our principals from the school district where I was superintendent, recently returned from the Atlanta HOPE conference.
I used to be a principal when she was a 4th grade teacher for us and she was always a great instructional leader. I trust her judgment. She sent me this little paragraph about what the Atlanta [...]
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HOPE Conferences Make a Difference!!
November 20th, 2009 1 Comment
As many of you know, the HOPE Foundation provides world class conferences for educators featuring national leaders in education. Recently, my former colleagues from my time as a Superintendent of Schools returned from an exciting time in Atlanta at the latest HOPE conference.
Here is what Wendy had to say:
I have been an educator for 16 years. [...]
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