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Introducing My Dissertation


Recently I was asked to write a blurb about my plans for my doctoral dissertation – what it is and why I’m interested in it.  Here’s what I had to say: *** My research will focus on analyzing and evaluating how a suburban K-12 school district in NJ has implemented distributed leadership practices.  As I [...]

Posted 15 April 2013 † damian § Damian's Favorites § Doctoral Studies § Ed Leadership ‡ Comments (0) °

How We Flipped Our Faculty Meeting


On January 14, 2013, my school held its first “Flipped Faculty Meeting” (FFM).   Just as the “flipped classroom” model seeks to relegate rote content delivery to non-class time and make more efficient use of face-to-face (F2F) time in class, the idea of the flipped faculty meeting – at least as our school has pursued [...]

Posted 01 February 2013 † damian § Damian's Favorites § Ed Leadership § Professional Development ‡ Comments (0) °

Mind Over Mudder


Much is made in my ed leadership doctoral program of goals: organizational goal-setting, alignment with vision/mission, monitoring progress, etc.  Though I hadn’t originally intended to blog about this recent life event*, when I think about it in terms of goal-setting, it seems to parallel much of what my coursework has focused on. After my surgery to [...]

Posted 01 November 2012 † damian § Behavior § Damian's Favorites § Doctoral Studies § Ed Leadership § Reflection ‡ Comments (2) °