As principals and leaders in education, you’re not just tasked with managing schools; you’re shaping the future. I know…this sounds a little cheesy and dramatic, but really, it is so true. As a principal, you are the one who carries the weight and responsibility for the mood and culture of the school. Teachers, students, and […]
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Who Is At Your Table? – Inviting Your Circle and Extending Your Sphere of Influence
Who are you as a human? A leader? A worker? What has happened in your life to make you who you are today? Think about the people who influenced you, inspired you, built you up, challenged you, or questioned you. They are a part of the residue of who you are and who you will […]
The Importance of Rest
What a year 2020 has been already! Even though it is only half over, the school year has come to an end. This was a school year like no other. July has finally come and it is time to rest and renew yourself. These past few months you have had to pivot and make tough […]
How To Start Your Ending Year
The year is quickly coming to a close and so often in June, we start to lose momentum. We feel that the year is over in a month, so why not ease up on the gas pedal and cruise control into the summer holidays. Actually, this is the time to rev it up so that […]
Resiliency and the Man Of Many Faces
Leaders, in a distance learning time, now is the time to decide how you will lead out this season. Whether you’re a leader in school, classroom, home, parent, marriage, company, etc., now, more than ever, eyes will fall on you as to how you navigate through these unchartered waters. This is a lot on you […]
How To Get Kids To Take Inventory of Their Time Each Day
I know this title sounds a little sketchy right? How on earth can we get kids to take inventory of their time at such young ages? Well…I am here to tell you that this really simple idea actually works and it has been working for our family for almost five months. I am super excited […]
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! We Are Going To The Moon!
“Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! We are going to the Moon!” Remember that song as a kid? Isn’t that the truth for the times right now! As distance learning teachers and leaders it feels like all we do is Zoom through lessons that we do with our students or in our meetings. The thing is sometimes it […]
Zombies Toting Cell Phones
When I think about our world, so many questions and thoughts run through my head. Questions such as, “what has our world come to? Why do we judge our worth and each other on likes and followers? Has everyone thought of everything? Is this it? Are we missing something?” These questions often swim through the […]
Leader’s Workshop
Throughout my year, I have made a commitment to spend an hour a day for a week with individual teachers collaborating, reflecting, and team teaching with them. My intention was to build relationship, provide support, connect and learn from each other. Team teaching for a week with teachers throughout this past year has been the […]