Posts about learning community & culture
Building and Maintaining Relationships: A Guide to “People-First Leadership”
April 24, 2024
By Bridget Johnson & Meredith Monk Ford
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From Tactics to Transformation: Why School Culture Matters Most
March 19, 2024
By Meghan Cureton & Meredith Monk Ford
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Folio Reflections from NAIS 2024
March 19, 2024
During our team retreat last week, we had the opportunity to reflect on our...
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From Feedback to Action: Turning School Surveys into a Collaborative Growth Engine
April 13, 2023
As we considered how to help schools with the challenges they face with hiring...
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Folio & Vital Network Partnership
February 24, 2023
At Folio, we are committed to increasing our use of data to drive decisions and...
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End the Year with Joy and a Free Resource!
May 11, 2022
Are you setting your school community up for success next year? End of Year...
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Goal setting: check. Now what?
September 8, 2021
As we settle into a routine and move from the details of opening school to...
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Unlock Your School's Potential: 5 Pillars of Thriving Learning Cultures
June 18, 2021
The most successful Folio schools create a multi-year teaching and learning...
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8 ways to help teachers heal after a tough year
June 3, 2021
The events of the last 12 months have shown us that teachers have superpowers...
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Using Folio to Advance Your School’s Strategic Goals
June 3, 2021
While the end of June will be a time for school administrators to take space...
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Folio Whitepaper: Creating a Culture of Collaboration
March 25, 2021
What would it take for schools to become more collaborative places? What...
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Reinvent and Redesign Your Growth System
December 17, 2020
With glimmers of hope on the horizon in the form of vaccine development, we’ve...
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Creating a Culture of Calm
October 19, 2020
Like you, I had hoped that by this point in the school year, we would know what...
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Support from the Folio Community
September 21, 2020
by Meredith Monk Ford Folio Executive Director
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Survival and resilience are not the same. Which will you choose?
September 7, 2020
Growth and resilience are always a choice. As the school year launches in the...
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Supporting Overwhelmed Faculty
August 24, 2020
We were speaking to one of our schools last week about their use of myFolio...
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5 Ways to Make Equity and Inclusion a Professional Growth Theme
August 6, 2020
Events this year — and our nation’s response to them — have shone a spotlight...
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5 Tips for Effective DEI Professional Growth
August 6, 2020
Events this year — and our nation’s response to them — have shone a spotlight...
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A Shared Purpose
April 24, 2020
As we wake to another day of the unknown, school leaders face another day of...
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Building Community Through Adversity
March 24, 2020
Over the past few weeks, in every conversation and through every email, I have...
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New Resources: Checking In With Your Faculty
March 17, 2020
As a leader in an independent school during these challenging times, you’re...
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Maintaining Relationships While Working Apart
March 16, 2020
As schools transition to online learning or prepare plans to do so should the...
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Four Pillars of Effective PD: Lessons from Folio Member Schools
January 24, 2020
In December, I visited five Folio member schools—from California to Maryland—to...
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Leveraging myFolio Workspaces for Greater Flexibility
November 27, 2019
Numerous Folio member schools embrace myFolio's Workspaces feature, fostering...
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