Articles
Cultivating Healthy Adult Communication
September 26, 2025
The Catholic Principals' Council of Ontario, Canada invited Jennifer to write an article for their Fall 2025 Principal Connections magazine. The theme of the fall magazine is Pioneering Tomorrow. Jennifer's article is titled, Cultivating Healthy Adult Communication.
Transforming Conversations With the SCARF Model
September 10, 2025
This fourth article in the series Jennifer is writing for TIE explores a framework to help understand how we can work on our communication within five domains of the human social experience that will support our ability to be influential and understood in collaborative settings and in our discussions around polarizing topics.
Making expectations clear before assessing performance
August 22, 2025
Read Jennifer's article in Learning Forward (the professional learning association) where she writes about articulating your expectations before assessing performance.
Managing Polarities
August 13, 2025
This third article in the series Jennifer is writing for TIE is about how to manage polarities and find balance by shifting to curiosity, widening our lens, and making visible what might be invisible.
Suspending Certainty
July 16, 2025
This second article in the series Jennifer is writing for TIE is about the skill adults need to develop around suspending certainty, the understanding that our way is not “the” only way but “a” way.
Navigating in Polarizing Times
June 18, 2025
As leaders who are managing ourselves, along with managing the big feelings among all stakeholders, we need as many strategies and supports as we can. This series that Jennifer is writing for TIE provides a few just in time ideas for keeping emotionally steady and cognitively balanced in this moment.
Having Hard Conversations: Five questions to consider
May 14, 2025
Read Jennifer's latest article on NASSP (National Association of Secondary School Principals).
Are You Modeling The Collaboration Skills New Teachers Need?
August 1, 2022
Read Jennifer's article for Learning Forward -- why the best way for veteran educators to help new teachers develop collaboration skills is to model, model, model.
Know Your Identity
April 13, 2022
Read Jennifer's latest as a featured columnist for TIE (The International Educator), where she writes about the importance of knowing yourself.
Coaches Help Us Become Better Selves and Better Educators
April 11, 2022
Read Jennifer's article for Learning Forward -- why coaching is invaluable for educators.
