With experience in elementary, middle, and high schools as a teacher, coach, assistant principal, and principal, Hal Holloman loves school and currently serves as an associate professor of Educational Leadership at East Carolina University. He teaches in the principal preparation program at ECU and provides coaching support for new school leaders throughout eastern North Carolina. His research focuses on developing leadership capacity among all members of the school community and uncovering the "Best Practice Language" within organizations. Hal believes that revisiting our Language of Practice will uncover a "goldmine of qualitative data" that can improve teaching and learning conditions in our schools. He lives in Greenville, North Carolina with his wife, Blair, and their 4 children, Luke, Zeke, Jessie, and Maggie.

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East Carolina University

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What Do You Say When...? Best Practice Language for Improving Student Behavior was reviewed in Library Bookwatch.