Posts about learning community & culture

Folio's Principles of Learning Excellence

January 7, 2025

At Folio, we believe that all schools can create the conditions for a culture...

Webinar - Fearless Leadership: Taking the Dread Out of Leadership Feedback

January 6, 2025

Feedback is the key to growth. For school leaders, one of the most valuable...

Webinar - Stop Talking, Start Listening: The Manager's Guide to Genuine Connection

November 25, 2024

Are you a school leader juggling countless responsibilities while trying to...

Webinar - Building and Maintaining Relationships: A Guide to People First Leadership

November 11, 2024

Join us for a free live webinar to discuss the importance of cultivating...

Webinar - Creating a Culture of Learning: A Comprehensive Approach to Fostering Growth in Schools

May 13, 2024

Building and Maintaining Relationships: A Guide to “People-First Leadership”

April 24, 2024

By Bridget Johnson & Meredith Monk Ford

From Tactics to Transformation: Why School Culture Matters Most

March 19, 2024

By Meghan Cureton & Meredith Monk Ford

Folio Reflections from NAIS 2024

March 19, 2024

During our team retreat last week, we had the opportunity to reflect on our...

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...

Folio & Vital Network Partnership

February 24, 2023

At Folio, we are committed to increasing our use of data to drive decisions and...

Member Spotlight: Celebration with Spotlights and Informal Observations

January 31, 2023

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...

Goal setting: check. Now what?

September 8, 2021

As we settle into a routine and move from the details of opening school to...

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...

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...

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...

Member Spotlight: Creating Alignment through Folio Leadership Team Meetings

May 17, 2021

Folio Whitepaper: Creating a Culture of Collaboration

March 25, 2021

What would it take for schools to become more collaborative places? What...

Member Spotlight: Building connections and relationships with the Mindful Minute

February 9, 2021

Reinvent and Redesign Your Growth System

December 17, 2020

With glimmers of hope on the horizon in the form of vaccine development, we’ve...

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...

Support from the Folio Community

September 21, 2020

by Meredith Monk Ford Folio Executive Director

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...

Supporting Overwhelmed Faculty

August 24, 2020

We were speaking to one of our schools last week about their use of myFolio...

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...

5 Tips for Effective DEI Professional Growth

August 6, 2020

Events this year — and our nation’s response to them — have shone a spotlight...

What Communities Need from Leaders

May 18, 2020

By Meredith Monk Ford Executive Director

A Shared Purpose

April 24, 2020

As we wake to another day of the unknown, school leaders face another day of...

Building Community Through Adversity

March 24, 2020

Over the past few weeks, in every conversation and through every email, I have...

New Resources: Checking In With Your Faculty

March 17, 2020

As a leader in an independent school during these challenging times, you’re...

Maintaining Relationships While Working Apart

March 16, 2020

As schools transition to online learning or prepare plans to do so should the...

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...

Leveraging myFolio Workspaces for Greater Flexibility

November 27, 2019

Numerous Folio member schools embrace myFolio's Workspaces feature, fostering...