SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/25/23 - “A title is only a word. It is your actions that matter.”
This week’s tip: “A title is only a word. It is your actions that matter.” Your actions are what people remember. Being a leader, rather...
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Jim Mercer
- Sep 18
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/18/23 - Meet the Need. Don’t Take a Message.
This week’s tip: Meet the need. Don’t take a message. SAMs know that office staff can help the principal have a greater impact on...
Jim Mercer
- Sep 11
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/11/23 - Consider Gratitude
This week’s tip: Consider Gratitude With school in full swing in most every district, now is a good time to focus on what, and who, you...
Jim Mercer
- Sep 6
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/6/23 - Consider if the Risk is Worth Taking.
Last week’s tip was on Principal Agency, when a leader acts with intentionality and believes they have the power, rationality, or...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 28
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/28/23 - Show Agency in your Leadership Work
Principal Agency is when a leader acts with intentionality and believes they have the power, rationality, or responsibility, to do so....
Jim Mercer
- Aug 21
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/21/23 - Consider the Frequency and Sequence of your Interactions
This week’s tip: Consider the Frequency and Sequence of your Interactions As you start the new school year, you’ve likely selected...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 14
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/14/23 - Go Beyond Visiting Classrooms
This week’s tip: Go Beyond Visiting Classrooms The SAM process is all about intentionality. Leaders often say they want to give teachers...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 7
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/7/23 - Go Beyond Visiting Classrooms
This week’s tip: Go Beyond Visiting Classrooms The SAM process is all about intentionality. Leaders often say they want to be in...
Jim Mercer
- Jul 31
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/31/23 - Be the Leader Teachers Need
This week’s tip: Be the Leader Teachers Need Teachers consistently identify five things they think make a good school leader. Education...
Jim Mercer
- Jul 24
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/24/23 - Celebrate Your Success and Share it with Others
This week’s tip: Celebrate Your Success and Share it with Others We are releasing the end of year SAM team performance rubric assessment...
Jim Mercer
- Jul 17
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/17/23 - Set Your Monthly Instructional Time Goals
This week’s tip: Set Your Monthly Instructional Time Goals July first each year your TimeTrack resets for the new school year. SAMs and...
Jim Mercer
- Jul 10
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/10/23 - NSIP Summer Board Meeting Report
This week’s tip: NSIP Summer Board Meeting Report From Bert Hendee, President NSIP Board of Directors Your NSIP Board of Directors meets...
Jim Mercer
- Jul 5
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/5/23 - Realize You are Different than the Average School Leader
This week’s tip: Realize you are different than the average school leader SAM and TimeTrack leaders are far better than they may realize....
Jim Mercer
- Jun 26
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 6/26/23 - Share the SAM process.
This week’s tip: Share the SAM process. As the 2022-23 school year comes to a close, it is a good time to reflect on your wins. It is...
Jim Mercer
- Jun 19
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 6/19/23 - Make your intentions guide your work.
This week’s tip: Make your intentions guide your work. SAM teams are all about being intentional. You are constantly focused on what can...
Jim Mercer
- Jun 12
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 6/12/23 - Consider President Biden’s advice.
This week’s tip: Consider President Biden’s advice. “Leadership, at its core, in my view, is about being personal. You always put...
Jim Mercer
- Jun 5
SamTastic Weekly Tip - 6/5/23
June 5, 2023 This week’s tip: Make your Feedback Effective by using your TimeTrack Data Would the people you work with say that you...
Jim Mercer
- May 22
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 5/22/23 - Reflect.
This week’s tip: Reflect Reflection has two common definitions: throw back (heat, light, or sound) without absorbing it think deeply or...
Jim Mercer
- May 15
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 5/15/23 - Work at How You Ask Questions.
This week’s tip: Work at how you ask questions. Asking better questions will make you a far better leader. Hal Gregerson, Wall Street...
Jim Mercer
- May 8
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 5/8/23 - Schedule Exit Interviews
This week’s tip: Schedule Exit Interviews You can learn a lot from people who are leaving your school or district. Consider scheduling...
Jim Mercer
- May 1
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 5/1/23 - Look at Your Time Working with Groups
This week’s tip: Look at Your Time Working with Groups TimeTrack users generally spend more instructional time in work with groups than...
Jim Mercer
- Apr 24
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 4/24/23 - Breathe
This week’s tip: Breathe How do you take care of yourself? Your staff? Your SAM? Your work as a school leader, principal or SAM, is...
Jim Mercer
- Apr 17
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 4/17/23 - Try Using NoteTrack for Journaling
This week’s tip: Try Using NoteTrack for Journaling Oprah suggests it. Leadership gurus sing its praises. Research consistently shows...
Jim Mercer
- Apr 10
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 4/10/23 - Lead Like a Pirate
This week’s tip: Lead Like a Pirate Can you lead like a pirate? SAM principal Beth Houf thinks you can. Beth delivered an impressive...
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