Big Rock Education
November 6, 2020
A Conversation with Principal McKenzie
BRES Leadership Coach Dr. Callie Lalugba sat down with Principal Rolanda McKenzie of the ACE Demonstration & Design Lab at J.A. Hargrave Elementary in Crowley ISD….
July 27, 2019
How The Best School Leaders Manage Their Time: A conversation with Elisabeth-Lamotte Mitchell
As another school year comes to close and every detail is wrapped up with the precision and passion uniquely characteristic of the school leader we sit down with today, we are grateful for the opportunity to take our conversation to New Orleans where Elisabeth LaMotte-Mitchell, Principal of Paul Habans of…
November 27, 2018
School Turnaround Success: A conversation with Oscar Aponte
It was an unusually chilly September morning at Maple Lawn Elementary School. School had been in session for several weeks and while the anticipation and jitters of the beginning of the school year had worn off, the passion and focus of one of Dallas ISD’s most talented principals was as intense as ever. BRES…
June 6, 2018
Flip the (phone) Script!
As you are closing out your school year and firming up your staffing plans for the upcoming year, we wrap up our hiring series by taking a deep dive into the phone screen piece of our selection process. If you missed our previous blog posts around hiring, you can check…
April 10, 2018
Danielle Petters, Dallas ISD Secondary Principal of the Year, on Systems, Selection, and Choosing the Right Squad
At BRES, we are honored to work alongside some of the most talented school leaders in the country. In today’s blog we had the incredible opportunity to sit down with Danielle Petters, recently named Dallas ISD’s Secondary Principal of the Year for her work at H. Grady Spruce High School. Petters, who…
February 16, 2018
A Better Way to Hire
This week’s blog is written by guest blogger, Karen Salerno. Her full bio can be found at the conclusion of this post. As January turns into February, as do school leaders prepare for long days of interviews, making offers, and the anxiety inducing process of designing staffing plans for the…
October 19, 2017
School leaders who take these steps when communicating strategic priorities won’t believe the success that follows!
In our previous posts, we’ve been talking about how the best school leaders select and plan strategic priorities or “big rocks” for their schools. In case you missed these posts, they can be found on our website. Today, we’re kicking off a new series of blog posts focused on implementation now that planning has occurred. This first…
September 4, 2017
Most school leaders forget these 2 crucial steps when implementing strategic priorities
In our previous 2 posts, we covered proven processes for selecting and planning strategic priorities or “big rocks” for your school. Today, we’ll detail the final 2 steps of planning before you’re ready to move on to implementation, which will be covered in more depth in future blog posts! One of the most common mistakes we…
August 15, 2017
3 surprising ways school leaders make planning strategic priorities simple
In our last blog post we talked about the 3 step process for selecting your strategic priorities or “big rocks”. If you happened to miss it, you can check it out here. Now that you have selected your big rocks you’re done with summer strategic planning right? Not exactly. The best school…
June 22, 2017
The 3 step process the best school leaders use for selecting strategic priorities
It’s early summer and you’re faced with the daunting task of trying to plan for next school year while wrapping up the current year on a strong note. Selecting your strategic priorities or what we call “big rocks” can be an overwhelming project to tackle. Yet, the most productive leaders…
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