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03
AUG
2016

Hire the Best, Expect the Best, and Wish the Best

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
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20
JUL
2016

Finding the “Balance”

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
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24
JUN
2016

Thoughts on Leadership

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
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09
JUN
2016

You Have Many Nickels in Your Pockets

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
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23
MAY
2016

Ensuring a Successful Finish to the School Year

By Linda Marrs-Morford, IPLI Director The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 29, 2016, and all eyes will be on Ind
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20
APR
2016

Magic Bus

By Michael R. Pinto, IPLI Mentor & Principal at James Cole Elementary School, Lafayette, Indiana Have you ever joined a group because you thought doing so was the right thing to do,
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15
MAR
2016

What Does Your School’s Dashboard Register?

By IPLI Mentor Michael Pinto, Principal, James Cole Elementary (Tippecanoe School Corporation) There is an old expression that says, “What gets measured g
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29
FEB
2016

The Next Man Up

By Bryan Perry, Ph.D., IPLI Mentor, Director of School Support, Harrison Attendance District In sports there is a phrase used when a player is injured, “the next man up.”  This pla
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08
FEB
2016

A Culture of Collaboration – Supporting New Teachers

By John Pearl, IPLI Mentor and Principal at Battle Ground Elementary, Tippecanoe School Corporation It is much worse to not train your teachers a
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07
JAN
2016

The Season of Hope

By Rhonda Peterson, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, Southern Hancock County Community School Corporation It’s the most wonderful time of the year, especially within th
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