Jim Mercer
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 3/23/20 - Be sure to stay in the GREEN
Some schools are open. Some schools are closed. Some are open in non-traditional ways providing online learning while working to ensure...
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Jim Mercer
- Mar 9, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 3/9/20 - Direct + Compassion = Effective Feedback.
This week’s tip: Direct + Compassion = Effective Feedback. Would the people you work with say that you give good feedback? This may be...
Jim Mercer
- Feb 17, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 2/17/20 - TimeTrack Quick Links
This week’s tip: TimeTrack Quick Links TimeTrack has a lot of quick links that can make your SAM Daily Meeting more productive. On the...
Jim Mercer
- Feb 3, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 2/3/20 - Your Professional Growth
This week’s tip: Your Professional Growth Many principals, SAMs and other school leaders, put their own professional development last,...
Jim Mercer
- Jan 21, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 1/21/20 - Do You Manage the Management?
This week’s tip: Do You Manage the Management? Most SAM teams look at their Dashboard each day to examine instructional time and next...
Jim Mercer
- Jan 13, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 1/13/20 - Are you halfway there?
This week’s tip: Are you halfway there? When you think about the improvement in teaching and learning you desire, are you halfway there...
Jim Mercer
- Jan 6, 2020
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 1/6/20 - New Year Resolutions
This week’s tip: New Year Resolutions I bet you are off to a great start to the new year. Many of you planned ahead and scheduled in the...
Jim Mercer
- Dec 16, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 12/16/19 - Get the RED out!
This week’s tip: Get the RED out! With the coming Christmas vacation/winter break it is a good time to stop and consider how to get the...
Jim Mercer
- Dec 9, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 12/9/19 - Recognizing good practice takes practice.
This week’s tip: Recognizing good practice takes practice. Are we in such a hurry that we miss the opportunity to recognize the “wins”...
Jim Mercer
- Dec 2, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 12/2/19 - Make December GREEN.
This week’s tip: Make December GREEN. Did you arrive this morning to a TimeTrack in the green? If so, you have a plan for the day and you...
Jim Mercer
- Nov 25, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 11/25/19 - Develop your gratitude muscle.
This week’s tip: Develop your gratitude muscle. This is a short week. How about taking a few minutes in your SAM Daily Meeting to explore...
Jim Mercer
- Nov 18, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 11/18/19 - Using TimeTrack Data
This week’s tip: Using TimeTrack Data. The SAM process is now used by over 1,200 school leaders in 23 states. The most effective SAM...
Jim Mercer
- Nov 11, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 11/11/19 - Be an intentional leader.
What you do tells people what you believe. You have tremendous impact on others and, like most things, actions speak louder than words....
Jim Mercer
- Nov 4, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 11/4/19 - Reconcile
This week’s tip: Reconcile. Reconciling your TimeTrack is a bedrock part of a SAM Daily Meeting. When you first started the SAM process,...
Jim Mercer
- Oct 21, 2019
SAMtastic Weekly Tip: 10/21/19 - Train People to Use you Effectively
This week’s tip: Train People to Use you Effectively. Hello! As promised, we have a short video available this week on using a section of...
Jim Mercer
- Oct 14, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 10/14/19 - Speak up.
This week’s tip: Speak up. You are in an amazing profession. Schools in the United States have made the country exceptional. Our action...
Jim Mercer
- Oct 7, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 10/7/19 - Ask Better Questions
This week’s tip: Ask Better Questions Asking better questions will make you a far better leader. In other words: “If you want...
Jim Mercer
- Sep 30, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/30/19 - Use your TimeTrack and come to the National SAM Conference
This week’s tip: Use your TimeTrack and come to the National SAM Conference As September ends and October begins, take a look at your...
Jim Mercer
- Sep 23, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/23/19 - The most trusted leader of them all?
This week’s tip: The most trusted leader of them all? The public school principal, according to a Pew Research Center study on Americans’...
Jim Mercer
- Sep 19, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/9/19 - Share and merge your TimeTrack Data
This week’s tip: Share and merge your TimeTrack Data. Good SAM teams look at their TimeTrack dashboard each day and consider how the time...
Jim Mercer
- Sep 16, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 9/16/19 - “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.” -Forbes Women article, below. Your actions are what people...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 26, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/26/19 - You can have your smartphone alert you on TimeTrack events
This week’s first tip: You can have your smartphone alert you when a TimeTrack event is getting close. For a two minute video on how to...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 19, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/19/19 - You won’t improve teacher practice by doing teacher evaluation
This week’s tip: You won’t improve teacher practice by doing teacher evaluation. The evidence is clear. Teachers don’t get better through...
Jim Mercer
- Aug 12, 2019
SamTastic Weekly Tip: 8/12/19 - You control who has access to your TimeTrack
This week’s first tip: You control who has access to your TimeTrack Do you need to add a new SAM to your TimeTrack? Do you want to give a...
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