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Fierce Resources: Teaching Teens Social and Emotional Intelligence Skills

April 5th, 2013 by Fierce Blog in Fierce Resources, Training in the Schools

Yesterday, we shared a video, produced by student Lizz Ortiz, about how fierce is impacting the students at Rodney D. Joslin School. This week’s Fierce Resource supports the work that Fierce in the Schools is doing with Director, Angela Brooks-Rallins, at the Joslin School. Teaching Teens Social and Emotional Intelligence Skills was first published on [...]

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Fierce in the Schools: Rodney D. Joslin School Students Share Their Stories

April 3rd, 2013 by Fierce Blog in Fierce Conversations, Training in the Schools

In March, Fierce hosted our first Fierce Summit. While at the Summit, Fierce Founder, Susan Scott, took to the stage to share her vision and mission for our Fierce in the Schools (FITS) division: to provide the education community with tools to differentiate the graduates of their schools, both K-12 and at the university level. [...]

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3 Commitments to Speak to People Rather Than About Them

March 27th, 2013 by Stephanie Hirsh in Fierce Leadership, Training in the Schools

In partnership with Fierce in the Schools, the Learning Forward Blog publishes an exclusive article for our Fierce blog. Our guest writer is Stephanie Hirsh, the Executive Director of Learning Forward, Please visit the Learning Forward Blog, hosted by Education Week, to read more of their blog posts. Lately, I have experienced several challenges that [...]

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How An Executive Coach Helped Me Be a Better Leader

October 24th, 2012 by Fierce Blog in Fierce Leadership, Training in the Schools

When I became executive director of Learning Forward (formerly the National Staff Development Council), I found there were few things I really understood about running a national organization. Fortunately, one of the best decisions I made was contracting with an executive coach. While coaching had been recommended to me on several occasions throughout my career, [...]

Fierce Resources: One Conversation at a Time: Four Tips Parents Can Do to Make This School Year a Success

September 7th, 2012 by Fierce Blog in Fierce Resources, Training in the Schools

This week’s Fierce Resource first appeared on the Fierce blog and was written by our Director of Education Partnerships, Janet Irving. One Conversation at a Time: Four Tips Parents Can Do to Make This School Year a Success focuses on how parents can start a new school year off positively by enriching their relationships with [...]

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