Fred Ende

Fred Ende

Fred Ende is the director of curriculum and instructional Services for Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Ende currently blogs for SmartBrief Education, and his two books, "Professional Development That Sticks," and "Forces of Influence," are available from ASCD. Connect with Fred on his website or on X (formerly known as Twitter).

Articles by Fred Ende

EducationEducational Leadership

Connect Four: 4 ways to build connections with others

By Fred Ende 10/15/25

Best PracticesEducation

Time gives new perspective on educational leadership

By Fred Ende 09/18/25

EducationEducational Leadership

The importance of humility, inclusivity and compassion in education

By Fred Ende 08/21/25

EducationEducational Leadership

Lessons learned after 25 years as an educator

By Fred Ende 07/17/25

EducationEducational Leadership

Leadership lessons from the most magical place on Earth

By Fred Ende 06/12/25

EducationEducational Leadership

How to be certain about uncertainty

By Fred Ende 05/15/25

EducationEducational Leadership

Illness offers a change of perspective

By Fred Ende 04/17/25

CommentaryEducation

Vacations can teach valuable leadership lessons

By Fred Ende 03/20/25

Best PracticesEducation

“Peel the onion” offers approach for multilayer problem solving

By Fred Ende 02/20/25

Best PracticesEducation

How to find ways to slow down in 2025

By Fred Ende 01/16/25

EducationEducational Leadership

Making decision-making decisive

By Fred Ende 12/18/24

Educational Leadership

How to cultivate relational change

By Fred Ende 11/21/24

EducationEducational Leadership

Passion is the PITS

By Fred Ende 10/16/24

Education

What lessons will the 2024 -2025 school year bring?

By Fred Ende 09/19/24

EducationEducational Leadership

3 questions leaders should ask daily

By Fred Ende 08/15/24

EducationEducational Leadership

Hiring process that puts people first

By Fred Ende 07/18/24

EducationEducational Leadership

On the roller coaster of life . . . 

By Fred Ende 06/20/24

EducationEducational Leadership

The key is the culture in Finnish schools

By Fred Ende 05/15/24

EducationEducational Leadership

Fred Ende’s “Leadership Late Night”

By Fred Ende 04/11/24

EducationEducational Leadership

How to step back when disaster strikes

By Fred Ende 03/13/24

EducationEducational Leadership

Do you set aside time for a leadership tuneup?

By Fred Ende 02/14/24

EducationEducational Leadership

Educator makes 3 non-resolutions about his practices for 2024

By Fred Ende 01/10/24

EducationEducational Leadership

Grounding in gratitude

By Fred Ende 12/13/23

EducationEducational Leadership

4 questions to make leading and learning more effective

By Fred Ende 11/08/23

EducationEducational Leadership

Getting in the game: How games offer leadership lessons

By Fred Ende 10/11/23

EducationEducational Leadership

Sizing up the summer

By Fred Ende 09/13/23

EducationEducational Leadership

Approaching drastic changes

By Fred Ende 08/09/23

Educational Leadership

Lessons learned: A reflection on the 2022-23 school year

By Fred Ende 07/12/23

EducationEducational Leadership

In support of new experiences

By Fred Ende 06/08/23

EducationEducational Leadership

The nuances of belonging

By Fred Ende 05/11/23

EducationEducational Leadership

10 key takeaways from ASCD 2023

By Fred Ende 04/13/23

EducationEducational Leadership

Shifting focus: 4 ways to take a new view

By Fred Ende 03/09/23

EducationEducational Leadership

What do your energizing “spa days” look like?

By Fred Ende 02/09/23

EducationEducational Leadership

3 valuable personal growth lessons learned in 2022

By Fred Ende 01/12/23

EducationEducational Leadership

Building a culture of gratitude

By Fred Ende 12/08/22

EducationEducational Leadership

Unexpected leadership lessons from a comic convention

By Fred Ende 11/17/22

EducationEducational Leadership

Leading through loss: Being a leader after someone dies

By Fred Ende 10/13/22

EducationEducational Leadership

Life and leadership: Turning lemons into lemonade

By Fred Ende 09/08/22

EducationEducational Leadership

Leadership lessons in reconnecting, Part Two

By Fred Ende 08/11/22

EducationEducational Leadership

4 leadership lessons from 2021-22

By Fred Ende 07/14/22

EducationEducational Leadership

Network = Net Worth

By Fred Ende 06/16/22

Educational Leadership

Change or sustain? Balancing mindsets for what works, what doesn’t

By Fred Ende 05/12/22

Educational Leadership

Leadership lessons learned from reconnecting

By Fred Ende 04/14/22

Educational Leadership

Tolerating workplace transitions

By Fred Ende 03/10/22

Educational Leadership

How to find the routine in new circumstances

By Fred Ende 02/10/22

EducationEducational Leadership

Resolve NOT to do these 3 things in 2022

By Fred Ende 01/31/22

Education

Asking questions can result in better connections

By Fred Ende 12/08/21

Education

How to battle information overload

By Fred Ende 11/08/21

Education

Moving past noise and silence by welcoming voice

By Fred Ende 10/07/21

Education

Don’t let “what was” get in the way of “what’s next”

By Fred Ende 09/01/21

Education

Better decision-making can come from patience 

By Fred Ende 08/03/21

Education

Improve decisions, experiences with 4 reflection methods

By Fred Ende 07/07/21

Education

How leaders can stay grounded in the present

By Fred Ende 06/08/21

Education

Fear of normalcy

By Fred Ende 05/04/21

Education

One year later … Focusing on opportunities, not losses

By Fred Ende 04/07/21

Education

From connections to community

By Fred Ende 03/11/21

Education

Staying the course

By Fred Ende 02/23/21

Education

2021: My educational guiding principles

By Fred Ende 01/22/21

Education

Taking a pause

By Fred Ende 12/10/20

Education

Getting to maybe

By Fred Ende 11/18/20

Education

Progress, not perfection

By Fred Ende 10/22/20

Education

When your gut no longer cuts it

By Fred Ende 09/17/20

Education

The unknown

By Fred Ende 08/13/20

Education

Let’s get this party (re)started!

By Fred Ende 07/13/20

Education

Continuity of our education community

By Fred Ende 06/18/20

Education

From challenge to opportunity

By Fred Ende 05/20/20

Education

Lessons learned from a pandemic

By Fred Ende 04/15/20

Education

A new perspective

By Fred Ende 03/13/20

Education

Use the force(s)

By Fred Ende 02/13/20

Education

3 to grow on

By Fred Ende 02/13/20

Education

5 lessons for education leaders

By Fred Ende 12/11/19

Education

Learn It. Live It.

By Fred Ende 11/20/19

Education

The imperative of integration

By Fred Ende 10/05/19

Education

A learning state of mind

By Fred Ende 09/17/19

Education

New year, new role

By Fred Ende 08/06/19

Education

Leading from the inside

By Fred Ende 07/24/19

Education

A piece of the PII

By Fred Ende 06/11/19

Voice of the Educator

Access granted

By Fred Ende 04/23/19

Education

10 lessons from Empower19

By Fred Ende 03/19/19

Voice of the Educator

Agents of learning

By Fred Ende 03/14/19

Voice of the Educator

So, what’s up with personalized learning?

By Fred Ende 02/20/19

Voice of the Educator

Striving for self

By Fred Ende 01/03/19

Voice of the Educator

A look back—and ahead

By Fred Ende 12/25/18

Voice of the Educator

Strengthening the sy-STEM

By Fred Ende 11/29/18

Voice of the Educator

Focus on teacher’s professional growth

By Fred Ende 10/02/18

Education

Dig a little deeper

By Fred Ende 09/12/18

Education

What’s old is new again

By Fred Ende 08/22/18

Education

We can all relate

By Fred Ende 07/05/18

Education

In support of social media

By Fred Ende 06/05/18

Education

Voice, choice and rejoice in PD

By Fred Ende 05/02/18

Education

Putting the pieces together

By Fred Ende 04/02/18

Education

Leadership lessons from Empower18

By Fred Ende 03/26/18

Education

Data as the bridge

By Fred Ende 03/07/18

Education

Leading for all

By Fred Ende 02/07/18

Education

Pensive about PD

By Fred Ende 01/03/18

Education

3 education predictions for 2018

By Fred Ende 12/05/17

Career-Technical Education

Gaining STEAM

By Fred Ende 11/08/17

Education

When is a PLC really a PLC?

By Fred Ende 10/02/17

Education

Making a difference with making

By Fred Ende 09/06/17

Education

Policy, meet practice

By Fred Ende 08/02/17