Leadership is more than a Position

How do your students know you love them?

Kids develop at different points

Me vs Me

Life is a boomerang

3 points about the leadership impact of FFA

I will either deal with the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

It’s all about helping people see their intrinsic value.

An example of how sports mirrors life.

The power of the mind

How do we engage visual learners

How do we reach verbal learners?

Dr Collins shares suggestions on increasing achievements for auditory learners.

All students can learn. To optimize their learning, it is important that educators tailor the instruction to their learning style.

How do we deal with mistakes.

2 keys to doing better

Watch who you hang around!

You can’t have one without the other

Addressing different learning styles

Go be great!

Dealing with pain is an inevitability in leadership.. let’s talk about it

What does it mean to be grown?

The time is now to talk to our kids about the realities of life

To go up, you have to give up.

Everyone needs a time and place to periodically practice the pause.

Leadership Growth is simple, keeping it that way is extremely Difficult

Leadership development is simple, keeping it going is difficult.

The only competition you have, is you.

Let’s conduct a personal SWOT analysis

Growth doesn't just happen. The pursuit has to be intentional.

Dr. Collins shares 2 more growth gaps. Overcome them and increase your leadership potential

Before we dive into leadership growth and development, let me share a few growth gaps with you. Before we can grow, we have to overcome these growth gaps.

Dr. Collins will share weekly mini podcasts that will promote your leadership and growth development for all of 2023. Come along for the journey!

TJ asks me a few questions about my new book, Next Steps

Dr. Collins shares insight on the 7 promises of a Promise Keeper

Most educators pursue perfection in their classes. We all want academic success. It is impossible to get 2018 results in 2022. The times are different and the expectations might need to be adjusted from academic perfection to providing a safe space whereby teachers and students feel valued, supported, and appreciated.…

Dad and Deuce discuss the cases of Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmad Arbery. They then switch to sports, asking with Ball (Lamelo or Lonzo) would you pick to start your franchise today.

If a student wasn’t prepared for school before they entered kindergarten, it’s as if they’re writing with their left hand.

Establishing a clear focus, and repeating the learning objective increases the likelihood of retention and allows teachers to increase rigor through discussion and debate with an academic foundation. This is a win/win.

The only way we really know what students know is when they tell us. That's why formative assessments are so important

1. Connect current learning to prior learning. 2. Make the learning relevant.

To increase student achievement, it is important that we have a clear instructional focus.

Dr. Collins shares his thoughts on why the prince and his wife left the royal family... it wasn’t Meghan.

3 important takeaways.

In distance learning, you simply can’t get through all that you would in face to face learning. Focus on the power standards and give our students the best you have.

Chunking is a great way to differentiate instruction and engage students. Try it and see how it works

Teacher development is crucial for student success. Development is both the responsibility of the organization and the individual.

If you know of teachers that struggle with classroom management, share this with them.

I’ve been asked what are the things I focus on as a high school principal. Well here are the pillars I lean on when I make decisions

Dr. Collins shares points from his daily devotional on the book of proverbs