There are those that don’t understand the power of reflective observation. They mistakenly believe that there is nothing to learn after a few cursory visits to a classroom. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the most important key to building insight and deeper understanding about teaching and learning is to engage in a steady volume of daily classroom observation. What we have learned over the past ten years is that after about every 300 classroom observations, the observer will notice, discern, and/or learn something new… something that was previously hidden. It is the “Eureka” moment, and there is nothing else like it in instructional leadership.
In this pursuit, there is the PowerWalks Legendary Leadership Badge that is earned every 300th PowerWalks Observation. The following 38 instructional leaders have already earned the Legendary Leadership Badge for the 2019/2020 school year (as of 10/31/19).
Two Legendary Leadership Badges (2)
Clint Shuman (PISD): October; September
Jesse Sepulveda (SISD): September; August
One Legendary Leadership Badge (36)
Genia Antoine (PISD): October
Shawn Bradford (DISD): October
Cindy Craigie (PISD): October
Julie Cummings (JCPS): October
Curtis Daugherty (LPISD): October
Nancy Delosa (GPISD): October
Sandra Dilworth (CFISD): October
Jina Eksaengsri (SISD): October
Jennifer Engels (LPISD): October
Robert Gaskins (JCSP): October
Nekeba George (LPISD): October
Desi Gonzales (SISD): October
Christopher Gregory (PISD): October
Andrew Halatyn (SISD): October
Kendra Herrera (KISD): October
James Kisner (KISD): October
Daniel Lopez (DISD): October
Ronald Marshall (JCPS): October
James McBride (DISD): October
Bill Miller (JCPS): October
Kenya Natsis (JCPS): October
John O’Hare (PISD): October
Josh Tovar (SISD): October
Ashley Adcox-Garner (SISD): September
Esteban Alvarez (SISD): September
Earnest Brooks (GPISD): September
Rosa Maria Chavez-Avedician (SISD): September
Ignacio Estorga (SISD): September
Al Garcia (SISD): September
Juan Gonzalez (SISD): September
Michael Grebb (PISD): September
Kade Griffin (LPISD): September
Alejandro Olvera (SISD): September
Jared Stevenson (PISD): September
Monica Castro (SISD): August
Randi Shreve (SISD): August
Think. Work. Achieve.
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