T.J. Vari

Time, Tools, and Tactics of Instructional Leadership: A Principal’s Guide to Leading Learning Time, Tools, and Tactics of Instructional Leadership: A Principal’s Guide to Leading Learning [Jones, Joseph, Vari, T.J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Time, Tools, and Tactics of Instructional Leadership: A Principal’s Guide to Leading Learning

The truth about instructional leadership is that school leaders are often bogged down by operations & management.

The 3Ts method solves that problem. Period.

#InstructionalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

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Hope to see you in an hour at the Thrive Conference.

#FREEPD #Teaching #Learning #InstructionalLeadership

3% of leaders are trained in communication techniques.

#SchoolLeadership #Communication #Feedback

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2026 Thriving Educators Summit - Organized Binder Free, online 1-day summit available to all educators. January 18, 2025. Reserve your spot to receive resources to thrive as a teacher.

Can't wait to present w/ @joshuastamper.bsky.social at the #ThrivingEducatorsSummit. Free PD for educators. Register today.

#SchoolLeadership #Teaching #Learning

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Time, Tools, and Tactics of Instructional Leadership: A Principal’s Guide to Leading Learning Time, Tools, and Tactics of Instructional Leadership: A Principal’s Guide to Leading Learning [Jones, Joseph, Vari, T.J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Time, Tools, and Tactics of Instructional Leadership: A Principal’s Guide to Leading Learning

To be an instructional leader, you need three strategies:

1️⃣ Manage your time to spend it on important work, not just the urgent stuff.

2️⃣ Use tools, like key look-fors, as an observer.

3️⃣ Employ tactics that help others change behaviors to improve practice.

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The two most important trust-building strategies for a leader:

1️⃣ Do the work

2️⃣ Consistently get better at it

Might be complex, but it's not complicated.

#Leadership

3 Ways to Support Career-Focused Learning in High School Linking concepts from the classroom to practical applications in career fields boosts engagement and helps students plan for their future.

Linking concepts from the classroom to practical applications in career fields boosts engagement and helps students plan for their future.

@edutopia.org #CareerConnectedLearning #WBL #Education

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For 10 years, we've been coaching & training #SchoolLeaders on proven strategies for becoming a stronger #InstructionalLeader.

Every time we present, someone asks which book of ours has the strategies in it. 🙃

We finally wrote them all down. Available for pre-order.

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For 10 years, we've been coaching & training school leaders on proven strategies for becoming a stronger instructional leader.

Every time we present, someone asks which book of ours has the strategies in it. 🙃

We finally wrote them all down. Available for pre-order.

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Excited for our new book to be ready for pre-order.

If you're an instructional leader or you want to be a stronger instructional leader, this is for you!

#SchoolLeadership #InstructionalLeadership

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Building a Winning Team: The Power of a Magnetic Reputation and The Need to Recruit Top Talent in Every School Building a Winning Team: The Power of a Magnetic Reputation and The Need to Recruit Top Talent in Every School [Jones, Joseph, Thomas-EL, Salome, Vari, T.J.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Building a Winning Team: The Power of a Magnetic Reputation and The Need to Recruit Top Talent in Every School

Winning teams are not accidental. They're cultivated by school leaders who want to put together the best staff possible to meet all students' needs.

Grab your copy today 👇

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No, that’s not what the data say, but you go on.

Passion is cyclical. ♻️

Passion leads to better outcomes.

Better outcomes lead to passion.

#PassionateLeadership #SchoolLeadership

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School leaders who care about building a culture that supports are retains teachers are studying how...they're reading Retention for a Change.

#RetentionForAChange #SchoolLeadership #TeacherRetention

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Thoughtful question. I think it's more of an imposition. If we're going to grade the work, a rubric might be helpful so that students can earn the grade that they want. In that case, rubrics provide clarity.

But, we should also have plenty of experiences for students where their work is ungraded.

How to Hold Intentional Conversations With Educators School leaders can focus on relationship building to ensure that sensitive or challenging conversations with teachers are productive.

School leaders can focus on relationship building to ensure that sensitive or challenging conversations with teachers are productive.

#SchoolLeadership #Feedback #Teaching #Learning @edutopia.org

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Finding the Goldilocks Pace When Implementing Technology Not too fast, not too slow: The speed at which we roll out tech in schools can make or break its use and sustainability in the long term.

Want your new tech tool to stick?

✅ Name the problem.
✅ Find the easiest entry point.
✅ Start with the smallest viable solution.
✅ Let it spread on its own.

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Rethinking Academic Pathways to Drive Real-World Readiness ft. Dr. TJ Vari | Lessons Learned | Ep 9 Podcast Episode · Lessons Learned · 31/07/2025 · 40m

Check out my latest guest appearance on the Lessons Learned Podcast.

As always, I'm focused on reimagining the K12 experience so that students are college and career ready.

#LessonsLearned #Education #SchoolLeadership #Pathways

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Retention for a Change: Motivate, Inspire, and Energize Your School Culture Retention for a Change: Motivate, Inspire, and Energize Your School Culture [Jones, Joseph, Thomas-EL, Salome, Vari, T.J., Sackstein, Starr] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Retention for a Change: Motivate, Inspire, and Energize Your School Culture

Motive, inspire, and energize your school staff this year. It's easy when you know how. It's impossible if you don't. The hardest part of doing is knowing.

#SchoolLeadership

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The Balance & Benefits of Rigorous Coursework on Students’ Transcripts - Part II Partnerships between K-12 schools and institutions of higher education give students an advantage as they build a transcript during high school. Schools and districts with articulated agreements with IHEs help students to earn college credit while in high school.

🎓 Rigorous coursework on high‑school transcripts does more than impress colleges — it builds confidence, earns credits, and saves 💰 on tuition!

#EdChat #CollegeReady #SchoolLeadership #CollegeAccess #HigherEd

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Can't wait to be on the ground in Seattle. 🛩️

Find me on Saturday at 11:15 for a conversation about the power of work-based learning. #WBL

#PrincipalsUNITED 💪

YouTube video by Peter Hostrawser 370 Invest in Your Best: Crafting Viable Futures with Dr. T.J. Vari

Every student deserves a viable post-secondary plan.

Viable = a path to college, career, military, etc that leads them to a life of happiness and prosperity.

Plan = they have clear steps to take that require little or no support to do.

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The Balance & Benefits of Rigorous Coursework on Students’ Transcripts - Part I Equipping students with the right information as they make high school course-taking decisions is critical. There’s a balance between taking too many difficult courses and not performing well and taking too few advanced courses and potentially signaling a lack of drive through the academic plan.

Just saying that we want our students to challenge themselves with rigorous coursework isn't enough.

We need to schedule, support, and balance it in each student's four-year academic plan.

#Rigor #CollegeReadiness #CareerReadiness #CTE #AP #NCAN

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6 Key Questions to Ask Before Buying New Tech School leaders can use these criteria to ensure that an edtech purchase will meet their school’s particular needs.

“New classroom technology integration can go really well when done right, but problems can arise if certain questions aren’t considered during the planning and adoption phases of implementation,” @tjvari.bsky.social writes.

Here are the questions to ask. 💭

#EdTech #SchoolLeaders #Principals

The Balance & Benefits of Rigorous Coursework on Students’ Transcripts - Part I Equipping students with the right information as they make high school course-taking decisions is critical. There’s a balance between taking too many difficult courses and not performing well and taking too few advanced courses and potentially signaling a lack of drive through the academic plan.

How much rigor is too much?

In Part I of this NCAN blog, we explore how strategic use of AP, IB, & dual enrollment supports—not overwhelms—students. 📘

✅ Quality over quantity
✅ Thoughtful planning
✅ Real readiness

#CollegeAccess #CollegeReadiness

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6 Key Questions to Ask Before Buying New Tech School leaders can use these criteria to ensure that an edtech purchase will meet their school’s particular needs.

Implementing a new tool throughout your school isn’t a quick process.

@tjvari.bsky.social‬ explains how to make sure support is available and customization is possible—so teachers *and* students can successfully use the technology. 💻⭐

#EdTech #SchoolLeaders #Principals

Internships: 6 Career-Shaping Benefits | MaiaLearning Useful education updates from MaiaLearning

Internships have great benefits for students, including the ways that work experiences can shape a student's postsecondary plans.

#CCR #CollegeReadiness #CareerReadiness #Teaching #Learning #Education

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6 Ways to Ensure Productivity with Technology Time in the Classroom Tech tools alone don’t guarantee learning—effective systems do. Master 6 proven strategies to boost engagement, accountability, ROI & productivity with technology time in the classroom.

Anyone who has tried to adopt and use web-based tools knows that the tool is only as good as its implementation, but time on task can be squandered without the right foundation.

#Teaching #Learning #EdTech

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6 Ways to Ensure Productivity with Technology Time in the Classroom Tech tools alone don’t guarantee learning—effective systems do. Master 6 proven strategies to boost engagement, accountability, ROI & productivity with technology time in the classroom.

Technology tools in the classroom can be our best friend, but they can also be a complete waste of instructional time if we don't implement w/ these 6 practices in mind.

#EdTech #Teaching #Learning

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Great leaders do what's best for the organization & every single person working within it.

Average leaders do what's best for the organization & treat the people as expendable.

Poor leaders do what's best for themselves.

#Leadership