This is a site that challenges the walls of our mind, our classrooms, our houses to transform into windows. These windows allow us to collaborate, connect, learn, and inspire each other through being visible, modelling, and instilling healthy habits every, single, day.
When I was first starting out in my leadership journey, I was anything but consistent with my health. I was definitely consistent with my dedication to the job but that was the problem. I poured everything into my career and nothing into my health. I seriously thought I would live forever and my health would […]
The best way to know you are making an impact on student and teacher learning is by being intentional about how you plan for the work to happen and how you notice the work that is happening before, during, and after. It also is important to be intentional with how you measure it at multiple […]
If you have been hanging out with me for awhile, then you know my keys to leadership are developing a step by step system, having a plan to launch your messaging so that your teacher community takes action to get results they want, and scheduling it into your calendar so that it actually happens. If […]
There’s a lot to pay attention to when it comes to school leadership. That’s the beauty and the beast of it. The beauty is that you are so needed for ideas, input, solving problems, topics of conversation, everything, etc. The beast? Well, the beast is that you are so needed for all of the above […]
As I move through my leadership journey, I have started to get a lot better at the art of noticing. I notice and reflect on my journey each day and it is incredible what I learn from noticing the patterns of trends of the conversations that I have. Particularly, I started to pay attention to […]
As leaders, our main job is to grow as many leaders as we can in our community. In a school, that includes our teachers and our students. In leadership, leaders sometimes feel that they are alone when actually there is a whole community of leaders who are at the door just waiting to be invited […]
Let’s start with an Oprah quote…. ⠀ “I’ve come to believe that each of us have a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint — and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working […]
The importance of pouring into three buckets in order to live a life that you love is crucial. I know, I talk about this all of the time, but this is so important!! In case, you are new to my ponderings and discoveries, I often talk about the importance of pouring in three buckets every […]
Clarity is my word for this year. What a year to choose this one! 2020 vision….that’s perfect vision right? My vision was very blurry…kind of like 2020….you know, like the next level of Jumanji where you never know what is coming next. Just hold on and figure it out as you go! That was kind […]
Today’s blog is written directly to the moms out there. Working moms, stay at home moms, home business moms, working from home moms, all of a sudden distance learning teacher moms. However, this advice could be for ANYONE! So stick with me even if you are not a mom. Heck, even the men will find […]
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