Meeting Pattern
Zoom Meetings from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
- June 4, 2025
- June 11, 2025
Description
Connect and learn with ND professionals to discuss basic principles of leadership, wellness, team building, and positivity through reading and referencing a variety of educational texts. Leaders are readers!
You don’t have time to read it all, but as a collective PLC you can learn the key points and takeaways from many educational texts as well as some implementation ideas from other leaders across the state.
Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes
Objectives:
You will:
- Understand impactful practices learned from educational text(s).
- Learn impactful practices from participating educators and additional texts.
- Network and learn through Zoom meetings with professionals around ND.
- Share and implement the lessons presented in the texts.
Materials:
Texts
You will self-select ANY two educational texts that would be benefit your personal wellness practices or classroom instructional practices. The two texts you select should be read exclusively for this credit only and not utilized to fulfill other reading requirements for other credits.
Recommended texts may include but not limited to this list:
- Any Jon Gordon or Jon Wooden texts
- ADHA 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction – From Childhood through Adulthood. by Edward M. Hallowell M.D. and John J. Ratey M.D.
- What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Health by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry.
- Chop Wood Carry Water by Joshua Medcalf
- Call Sign Chaos by Jim Mattis - great leadership book if you like history.
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win - by Jocko Willink
- The Happy Teacher Habits: 11 Habits of the Happiest, Most Effective Teachers on Earth by Michael Linsin
Course Requirements
You must:
- Read two different educational texts. One self-selected text for each week.
- Attend Zoom Meeting Sessions June 4th and 11th from 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
- You should have a list of at least 3-5 quotes or facts each week and be ready to reference them during the group discussion.
- Complete Google Form 1 prior to first meeting.
- Complete Google Form 2 prior to second meeting.
Registration Instructions
Online registration URL closes @ 5:00 p.m. on June 10, 2025. You will receive an electronic email when you have successfully registered.