Todd Whitaker@ToddWhitaker

Focus on Leadership, Teaching, Motivation. Written 65 books inc What Great Teachers Do Differently, Shifting The Monkey, Your First Year, School Culture Rewired

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Joined April 2009
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Imagine PD as Adventure — Trekking with a Friend via @middleweb middleweb.com/54738/imagine-…

Imagine PD as an Adventure, Like Trekking with a Teacher-Friend

Mid-career educators seeking renewed energy, new challenges, or fresh ways to think about their work might try these ideas for trekking with teacher friends.

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You are the best CJ! Always a treat to connect.
Carrie Jackson@jackson_carrie
Oct 28
Sooooo grateful to get to work with two of my very favorites on the live webinar today! Honored to serve school leaders with @ToddWhitaker and @justindibbscrittenden !!!
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Fall glimpses. Wednesday morning 5-miler. Beautiful day to run!
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Thank you! @jackson_carrie @justindibscrittenden for sharing your expertise & @tandfonline @routledgebooks @RoutledgeEOE for sponsoring an incredible webinar The Principal’s Delimma: Coaching Classroom Management when you are not in the room. Amazing leaders joined the fun!
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Wow, wow, wow! Northern Hancock Elementary School was awesome! What a treat to connect virtually with an awesome Kentucky faculty today as they are preparing for their parent-teacher conferences. Have a wonderful fall and thanks for the opportunity!
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Jocelyn M.@jocelynmsanders
Oct 26
Replying to @ToddWhitaker @edutopia
This was soooo on point! I feel seen as an educator! Thanks for sharing!
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Hope to see you Tuesday night! @tandfonline @routledgebooks @RoutledgeEOE
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Lions Don’t Wear Name-tags. Some parts of leadership can’t be taught smartbrief.com/original/some…

Some parts of leadership can’t be taught

I was talking to a good friend of mine about leadership this week, and our conversation reminded her of a phrase her mother, Susi, used to say: A lion does not have to tell everyone they are a lion....

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Good stuff from @edutopia edutopia.org/article/how-rem…

Things I’ve Stopped Doing After 20 Years of Teaching

‘I haven’t become interested in making school easier for students’: A classroom veteran shares how she works to remove unnecessary obstacles in order to focus students’ efforts on learning.

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Beautiful weather to run the Bear Creek Half-Marathon! Such a fun event.
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How awesome is this?! @ESCRegion8 made a Lego of me to tie into the theme of the day with educational leaders. So fun!
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Enjoy! Shift Away!
Aisha Christa Atkinson, M.S. (she/her)
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Oct 21
My inner nerd is so happy to be in receipt of the @BlueTrackPride Assistant Principals book study read Shifting the Monkey by @ToddWhitaker! This school year we will take a deep dive into challenging our thinking and approach to supporting our respective teams. Thank you, @DocOfHighHopes, for the delightful surprise! Can’t wait to read, discuss, and grow. 💙
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Early morning 5-miler. Now I’m ready for Hump Day!
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Stop doing everything yourself and start building leaders  smartbrief.com/original/stop…

Stop doing everything yourself and start building leaders 

If you’re still doing most of the work yourself, you haven’t fully shifted into leadership. Real leadership means achieving results through others, reliably, consistently and at a high level. That...

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What an incredible group of Texas school leaders today! @ESCRegion8 has got it going on. Lucky teachers and students who have the good fortune of working with these incredible educators. Have a wonderful fall and thanks for the opportunity!
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Oct 19
What School Leaders Can Do To Support Struggling Teachers from @edutopia edutopia.org/article/support…

What Can School Leaders Do to Support a Struggling Teacher?

Teachers often feel alone facing an issue in the classroom, and maintaining lots of points of contact can help them open the door to offers of support.

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Sunday morning 5-miler with Madeline Good! Finally fall!
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Thank you @MizzouHoops for the opportunity to get a sneak peek at the Missouri Basketball team. The fans are in for a big treat this season! Go Tigers. #MIZ
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What a pleasure to connect virtually with an incredible group of Western Kentucky educational leaders today! Awesome people with lucky schools. Thank you @WKECKY It was an honor!
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