By Rod Hite, Veteran and IPLI Cohort #4 Mentor Here we are again, another Friday afternoon. We’ve started the month of November with a beautiful Indiana day, the sun shining,

By Rod Hite, IPLI Cohort #4 Mentor This is one of the most wonderful times of the year in Indiana. The face of Indiana is beginning to change, the temperatu

By Linda Marrs-Morford, IPLI Director   For years now, we have known what specific things we, as educators, should be doing to eliminate the achievement gap

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor & Principal at James Cole Elementary School in Lafayette, IN The puppy came to visit in the office the other day. It was s

By Maria Sells, IPLI Mentor and Director of Improvement Services with AdvancED August is an exciting time of year for students, teachers, and

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor and Principal at James Cole Elementary School When I was in my principal infancy, there were several years when staff morale was low b

By Maria Sells, IPLI Mentor and Associate Director of Education with AdvancED As I sat with my regional cohort group during the IPLI summer institut

By David Robertson, IPLI Mentor & Chief Academic Officer with Warsaw Community Schools   The reality for professionals such as educators is that we all bring “ba

By Jane Rogers, IPLI Mentor & Principal at Milan Elementary School With the NBA Finals recently happening, I found myself looking at a favorite book written by famous ba

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor & Principal at James Cole Elementary School Forty years ago a former student from this community offered a nickel to a younger