NEW!!! Add an ESL License to your Professional Portfolio

NEW!!! Add an ESL (and Bilingual) License to your portfolio

Please click on the link above to fill out a form requesting additional information.

Linguistically talented students learning English is a growing population in Waukesha. Are you ready to meet these scholars needs? Perhaps preparing yourself with an additional ESL License from UW-Whitewater (Cohort held in Delavan) could be part of your professional portfolio. The cohort model starts Summer 2018 and continues through 2019. The license requires 16 credits (with 6 additional and a language proficiency requirement if you wish to add the bilingual certification).
SDW is striving to reach the needs of these scholars so that we can ensure they are college and career ready. YOU are our best hope and possibility of this dream. If you are interested in more information, please share your personal details here.

25 years after Yale

"People don't buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it " (Simon Synek)

We are approaching a home stretch between winter and spring break.  Maybe you are feeling tested or working with and for others who are feeling this way.  This tiny bridge weekend might allow us all to slow down, reposition and reflect on our Life's Purpose.

They say the happiest people take two for themselves and give three to others.  A mindset develops from thinking and behaving this way because it forces the mind to focus outward rather than inward-and this outward focus has a reciprocal effect of serving "the other" which later serves "the self" as well.

This short video by Adam Leipzig following the post offers us all to take a few needed moments of restorative reflection around our roles and our goals by answering 5 short questions.   The answer to these questions might support you to create a vital elevator mission statement that sustains during times of fatigue and refocuses in times of distraction. After viewing, post your mission statement at #sdwmywhy

Blog on Self Care in times of change and Self Care and Leadership 

Visible Practices of a Strong Adult Professional Culture

From his deep well of research and work in schools across our nation, Jon Saphier outlines 12 visible practices of a strong adult professional culture. Below are a few to highlight. How many of these attributes would describe your school right now?

* Frequent teaching in the presence of other adults
* Joint responsibility for student results
* Non-defensive self-examination of teaching practice in relation to student results
* Constant use of data to re-focus teaching
* Human environment of caring, appreciation and recognition
* Honest, open communication and the ability to have difficult conversations

emsworld.com

Start From Within

A foundational component of leadership is the idea that leadership starts from within.  The attached blog, written by Anthony Howard, outlines the importance of knowing yourself and the dimensions associated with this understanding.

Why good leadership starts with leading yourself-Anthony Howard