Jim Mercer
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/28/20 - “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 21, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/21/20 - You can improve practice in six steps
This week’s tip: You can improve practice in six steps. Schedule six events over a two week period with one teacher for a positive change...
Jim Mercer
- Sep 14, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/14/20 - You have to see to understand
This week’s tip: You have to see to understand. “Seeing” instruction sounds easy. It takes a sincere effort to connect with a teacher for...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 24, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/24/20 - TimeTrack can unlock more gains than you might think.
This week’s tip: TimeTrack can unlock more gains than you might think. Do you know why TimeTrack works? Could you use the reason...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 17, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/17/20 - You can create direct links to online meetings in TimeTrack
This week’s tip: You can create direct links to online meetings in TimeTrack. Do you have an online meeting today? I bet you have more...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 10, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/10/20 - Be in the Green Every Day
This week’s tip: Be in the Green Every Day. Are you in the Green today? Most school leaders are back for what looks to be a challenging,...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 3, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/3/20 - Be a good boss
This week’s tip: Be a good boss. Are you a good boss? In schools we don’t usually think of the principal or principal supervisor as the...
Jim Mercer
- Jul 27, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/27/20 - Use TimeTrack on your first day back
This week’s tip: Use TimeTrack on your first day back. Be sure to start your first week back on track—meaning that you have a plan before...
Jim Mercer
- Jul 20, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/20/20 - Improve the capacity of your new staff
This week’s tip: Improve the capacity of your new staff. With remote learning your students stay home and your staff gets a lot larger....
Jim Mercer
- Jul 13, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/13/20 - Take A First Step
This week’s tip: Take A First Step We are mid-way through Summer and many SAM teams are going back to work soon. It would be easy to put...
Jim Mercer
- Jul 6, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 7/6/20 - Embrace Confusion
This week’s tip: Embrace Confusion Do you welcome confusion in your school? Do students learn without confusion? Do staff members learn...
Jim Mercer
- Jun 29, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 6/29/20 - Learn a new Principle this Summer
This week’s tip: Learn a new Principle this Summer Think about the teacher, or group, you did not feel successful in helping this year....
Jim Mercer
- Jun 22, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 6/22/20 - Fairness Requires Introspection
This week’s tip: Fairness Requires Introspection SAM teams do a lot of reflection. Using TimeTrack to examine work completed, next steps...
Jim Mercer
- Jun 15, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 6/15/20 - Ten Things You Can Do to Make a Difference
This week’s tip: Ten Things You Can Do to Make a Difference. Jon Gordon spoke at the 13th Annual National SAM Conference last January....
Jim Mercer
- Jun 8, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 6/8/20 - People are good.
This week’s tip: People are good. Hard to believe today, but it is true. People are inherently good. It might sound hopeful but it is a...
Jim Mercer
- Jun 1, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 6/1/20 - Use two magic words to increase trust and connection
School leaders, like leaders in any organization, are pressed for time and sometimes answer questions too quickly. To build a better...
Jim Mercer
- May 25, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 5/25/20 - Have a Great Memorial Day
This week’s tip: Have a Great Memorial Day. The holiday was originally called Decoration Day and started after the Civil War. It became...
Jim Mercer
- May 18, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 5/18/20 - Improving Practice Goes Beyond Evaluation
This week’s tip: Improving Practice Goes Beyond Evaluation. Improving teacher practice requires thoughtful coaching. A good evaluation...
Jim Mercer
- May 11, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 5/11/20 - Improve your Pick-up Line, Online
This week’s tip: Improve your Pick-up Line, Online Hosting online meetings is more than sending the link. It is all about the link you...
Jim Mercer
- May 4, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 5/4/20 - May the Fourth Be With You
This week’s tip: May the Fourth Be With You. The higher power Luke had is something all great leaders find, and then share with others....
Jim Mercer
- Apr 27, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 4/27/20 - How High is your EQ?
This week’s tip: How High is your EQ? High emotional intelligence, EQ, is what we all want when working with others because it raises...
Jim Mercer
- Apr 20, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 4/20/2020 - Schedule Management Work, Too
This week’s tip: Schedule Management Work, Too. With the new normal some SAM teams worried that they were doing too much management work....
Jim Mercer
- Apr 13, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 4/13/20 - Make the new normal easier by staying in the Green
This week’s tip: Make the new normal easier by staying in the Green. Shawna and I wanted to reach out because we had a very similar...
Jim Mercer
- Apr 6, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 4/6/20 - Get Unstuck
This week’s tip: Get Unstuck. It’s funny. The busier we are, the more pressure we feel, the less certainty we have all tends to lower...
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