Matt Renwick
@readbyexample.bsky.social
When a school struggles, do staff blame poverty? Attendance? "Those kids"?
The story a school tells about itself shapes everything—and leaders are the chief storytellers.
How to change the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
The story a school tells about itself shapes everything—and leaders are the chief storytellers.
How to change the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
When a school struggles, do staff blame poverty? Attendance? "Those kids"?
The story a school tells about itself shapes everything—and leaders are the chief storytellers.
How to change the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
The story a school tells about itself shapes everything—and leaders are the chief storytellers.
How to change the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
Three measures of a reader
October 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Three measures of a reader
AI-assisted reading comprehension
October 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
AI-assisted reading comprehension
Sketchnotes from Crucial Influence training this week. Excited to bring these ideas to regional schools!
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Sketchnotes from Crucial Influence training this week. Excited to bring these ideas to regional schools!
"What I've learned is that it's easy to keep busy in just about any job. What's difficult is to discern what I should be focused on at the moment while ignoring everything else that I've committed to or been assigned." @middleweb.bsky.social #edusky
June 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"What I've learned is that it's easy to keep busy in just about any job. What's difficult is to discern what I should be focused on at the moment while ignoring everything else that I've committed to or been assigned." @middleweb.bsky.social #edusky
Teachers as Leaders: Five Ways to Create the Conditions for Change #edusky #educhat #educoach #cpchat
Part 1: choiceliteracy.com/article/teac...
Part 2: choiceliteracy.com/article/teac...
Part 1: choiceliteracy.com/article/teac...
Part 2: choiceliteracy.com/article/teac...
May 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Teachers as Leaders: Five Ways to Create the Conditions for Change #edusky #educhat #educoach #cpchat
Part 1: choiceliteracy.com/article/teac...
Part 2: choiceliteracy.com/article/teac...
Part 1: choiceliteracy.com/article/teac...
Part 2: choiceliteracy.com/article/teac...
Should I become an administrator? open.substack.com/pub/readbyex... #edusky #cpchat Administration is not just a position move within education. It’s an entire shift in role, almost another profession.
May 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Should I become an administrator? open.substack.com/pub/readbyex... #edusky #cpchat Administration is not just a position move within education. It’s an entire shift in role, almost another profession.
April 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My wife's love language (mine too): "Which book would you like me to buy for you?"
April 19, 2025 at 1:05 AM
My wife's love language (mine too): "Which book would you like me to buy for you?"
Less Teaching, More Learning open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
April 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Less Teaching, More Learning open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
Tomorrow, subscribers will receive the Monday Morning Memo #2 - Assessing Reading Engagement and Identity.
It will include three questions educators can ask readers to learn more about their habits & dispositions.
Sign up today --> readbyexample.substack.com #edusky
It will include three questions educators can ask readers to learn more about their habits & dispositions.
Sign up today --> readbyexample.substack.com #edusky
April 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Tomorrow, subscribers will receive the Monday Morning Memo #2 - Assessing Reading Engagement and Identity.
It will include three questions educators can ask readers to learn more about their habits & dispositions.
Sign up today --> readbyexample.substack.com #edusky
It will include three questions educators can ask readers to learn more about their habits & dispositions.
Sign up today --> readbyexample.substack.com #edusky
Showing up matters
April 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Showing up matters
Seems like a potential imbalance in the series' coverage of different aspects of literacy instruction.
April 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Seems like a potential imbalance in the series' coverage of different aspects of literacy instruction.
I'm starting a new series on my newsletter: The Monday Morning Memo.
It's a brief post out Sunday evening that provides literacy leaders with:
- A professional strategy
- A personal tip
- A quote + a joke for your own communications
Sign up today; receive it tomorrow: readbyexample.substack.com
It's a brief post out Sunday evening that provides literacy leaders with:
- A professional strategy
- A personal tip
- A quote + a joke for your own communications
Sign up today; receive it tomorrow: readbyexample.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm starting a new series on my newsletter: The Monday Morning Memo.
It's a brief post out Sunday evening that provides literacy leaders with:
- A professional strategy
- A personal tip
- A quote + a joke for your own communications
Sign up today; receive it tomorrow: readbyexample.substack.com
It's a brief post out Sunday evening that provides literacy leaders with:
- A professional strategy
- A personal tip
- A quote + a joke for your own communications
Sign up today; receive it tomorrow: readbyexample.substack.com
The question to ask with any tool is: Does it serve my needs, or am I serving the tool? With a coach’s notebook, form follows function. That function is supporting teaching and learning, at the individual and organizational levels. #educoach #edusky choiceliteracy.com/article/the-...
March 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The question to ask with any tool is: Does it serve my needs, or am I serving the tool? With a coach’s notebook, form follows function. That function is supporting teaching and learning, at the individual and organizational levels. #educoach #edusky choiceliteracy.com/article/the-...
My reading year has started off well.
March 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My reading year has started off well.
Like a book, we can't read a reader or a teacher by their cover. #edusky #educoach #edchat #cpchat @ncte.org @ascdofficial.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
February 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Like a book, we can't read a reader or a teacher by their cover. #edusky #educoach #edchat #cpchat @ncte.org @ascdofficial.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
Yes, this came up in my development of this mental model (I am using Claude to help render this visual).
Here is an update version.
Here is an update version.
February 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Yes, this came up in my development of this mental model (I am using Claude to help render this visual).
Here is an update version.
Here is an update version.
Great point. We (our coaching network) were talking about this very thing. When is change not the best decision?
I updated the model to hopefully reflect that.
I updated the model to hopefully reflect that.
February 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Great point. We (our coaching network) were talking about this very thing. When is change not the best decision?
I updated the model to hopefully reflect that.
I updated the model to hopefully reflect that.
Here's version 2.0, with knowledge base as the context for personal/professional growth.
I think I prefer this model for change. #edusky
I think I prefer this model for change. #edusky
February 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Here's version 2.0, with knowledge base as the context for personal/professional growth.
I think I prefer this model for change. #edusky
I think I prefer this model for change. #edusky
