Dr. Lisa Gonzales
Common Core & After School Programs (part one)
By Lisa Gonzales, Jessica Gunderson and Mara Wold If you walk into a fourth-grade after school classroom, its appears on the surface that...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Dec 14, 2016
- 2 min
Three Questions to Ask Students - Daily!
Whether you’re a Superintendent, a Principal or a parent, three questions should resonate with you and the work that we expect of...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Dec 10, 2016
- 3 min
Blended Learning: It's Found Its Time
Clay Christensen said it best in his book “Disrupting Class.” Education needs an immediate, abrupt infusion of technology in public...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 30, 2016
- 2 min
It All Starts with Servant Leadership
I often think back to my Master's Program at San Jose State University, surrounded by classmates who are now steadfast friends and...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 25, 2016
- 2 min
"Glass Ceilings" morph into "Glass Cliffs"
As a female leader, I've become well versed in the glass ceiling concept. Heck, I've lived it. The barriers for women to move up in...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 24, 2016
- 3 min
Common Core & After School Programs (part three)
Unique potential of expanded learning programs After the California State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards in...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 23, 2016
- 4 min
Blended Learning - part two
SOCIAL HUBS The link for students between the content, conversations, and productivity tools can be a social hub such as Edmodo or a...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 23, 2016
- 2 min
Duct Tape, Recyclables and MakerSpaces: Skills for the Future
Not sure if you can relate to that picture above, but if you can, you likely have a child somewhere in your world between the age of 5...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 20, 2016
- 2 min
Driving the Change
Years ago, one of my roles at the Santa Clara County Office of Education was to coach school teams and large groups in change management...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 15, 2016
- 2 min
Unconferences - Constructive Time for the Big Kids
We’ve all been there. Conference after conference. Training after training. Receive the agenda ahead of time and peruse for breaks and...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 13, 2016
- 2 min
Coding: The 5th "C"
Let’s face it. When exposed to it, most students take to coding. I’ve observed this in class after class. Regardless of grade level,...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 11, 2016
- 1 min
It Matters That Women Run
Ran across this TED Talk from Halla Tomasdottir. She shared the photo below, taken in 1975, of fellow female Icelanders who went on...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 11, 2016
- 2 min
The Power of Showing Up
You've probably heard the famous Woody Allen phrase..."80% of success is just showing up." And as a leader of school district, I couldn't...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 4, 2016
- 3 min
Words Your Staff Needs to Hear
So much has changed with the advent of developing technology that pushes us to do more, work more effectively, and automate as much as...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 3, 2016
- 3 min
Managing Challenging Meetings
Knowing that a tough meeting is scheduled for the next day may lead to sleepless nights and edgy mornings. Although there are generally...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Nov 1, 2016
- 3 min
A Glimpse Into the Classroom of the Future
Today’s students are gaining new ways of thinking and interacting for a future that we are not entirely sure will look like. While some...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Oct 16, 2016
- 2 min
Planning for Conferences...and Millennials
Here I sit, on the precipice of planning a statewide leadership conference for public school administrators in November 2017. But I'll be...
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Dr. Lisa Gonzales
- Sep 26, 2016
- 2 min
Be a Perfect Person in 3 Days
I thought it a bit odd when I was joined at flag salute by two boys wearing broccoli around their necks. One of our 2nd grade classes is...
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