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How to Make Professional Development Actually Useful
It’s a common frustration in schools: “We provide PD, but no one seems to use it.” Or worse: “We offer training, but teachers dread it.”...
Joel Abel
Jun 302 min read


What Education Leaders Can Learn from Corporate Team Science
It might sound strange at first. It might even, to some, sound repulsive. It certainly will sound like it's been tried before with...
Joel Abel
Jun 282 min read


The Secret Weapon of Academic Managers: Operational Effectiveness
We talk a lot about instructional leadership. Culture. Curriculum. Strategy. But behind every thriving academic team is something far...
Joel Abel
Jun 222 min read


Teacher Observations That Build, Not Break, Trust
In many schools, classroom observations are a source of anxiety. They’re seen as judgmental, opaque, and transactional — a checklist to...
Joel Abel
Jun 162 min read


First-Year Mistakes New Academic Managers Make
The shift from teacher or coach to academic manager is one of the biggest transitions in education leadership — and one of the most...
Joel Abel
Jun 142 min read


How to Build Teacher Buy-In: From Policy to Purpose
Let’s be honest — compliance doesn’t create commitment. Too often in schools, we roll out policies and expect performance. We assume that...
Joel Abel
Jun 102 min read
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