Matt Renwick
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Matt Renwick is an elementary principal who writes at Read by Example and tweets @ReadByExample. He is a veteran public educator, working first as a classroom teacher and now serving as the school leader at Mineral Point Elementary School (Mineral Point, Wisconsin). Matt’s educational writing and consultant work focus primarily on literacy instruction, school leadership, and technology integration. He has spoken at national conferences, including ASCD, ISTE, NAESP, NCTE, as well as facilitated workshops and professional learning experiences.
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Shaping the School Culture to Encourage Professional Growth
Matt Renwick offers three suggestions for school leaders who want to shape school culture to encourage professional growth.
Making a Case for Leadership Coaching
Matt Renwick outlines a four-step process to engage in leadership coaching.
Beyond the Books: A Tale of Empowerment, Influence, and Agency from the School Library
Matt Renwick shares about a project in the school library that builds students’ empowerment, influence, and agency. Matt gives resources and advice for you to try this in your school, too.
Five Questions to Ask When Reviewing Literacy Curriculum
Matt Renwick uses five questions to lead a team through reviewing a literacy curriculum resource. Download the checklist to use during your own review process.
Off the Hook: How to Engage with and Reframe Our Obstacles to Reduce Anxiety and Stress
Obstacles are a part of literacy leadership. Matt Renwick offers three steps to reframe our obstacles in order to reduce anxiety and stress.
Examining (and Changing) Our Literacy Beliefs over Time
Changing one’s mind in today’s educational world can feel risky. We fear looking incompetent or like we don’t know what we believe. Matt Renwick learned firsthand that when leaders share how their thinking and beliefs around literacy instruction has changed, it increases the level of respect from others.
Quiet Coaching
Matt Renwick offers insightful ideas about reaching colleagues who are resistant to coaching. Matt offers three steps and practical ideas to “quietly coach.”
Misreading Body Language
Matt Renwick reminds us of the benefits and dangers of reading (or misreading) body language, and offers a way to get to the heart of communicating clearly.
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