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.
The fun is gone. Or is it? If it is, where did it go? These questions often surface in my mind, waver for a moment, and then for some reason, I push the idea of fun into the time out corner of my brain. Fun is for kids. Not for adults or in a workplace. […]
We are not there yet. I wonder if we will ever know if we have arrived there yet? Where is ‘there’? Mine is forever blurring, flickering, and then shifting focus. At times it’s a clear picture and other times it shakes and flashes like a television searching for a signal. What I have learned and […]
I write. I always have. I learned the best way to feel better is to write about my feelings or ideas. I learned this from my mom, who always wrote. I remember watching her lose herself in her writing. It was one of the few times that her face looked so relaxed, fulfilled, free of […]
Hard is hard. Change is hard. Moving forward or through something is hard. Growth is hard. High performance is hard. Of course it is. If it wasn’t we would all be doing this all of the time. I believe that we want to do all of these things, however, it may look to you, but…excuses […]
The concept of teacher autonomy refers to the teacher’s views of professional independence in schools and especially the degree to which they can make autonomous decisions about what they teach and how. Jeffrey Kays (2016) viewed autonomy as Pavlovian and referred to autonomy as an axis that intersects with alignment. He stated that the degree […]
It’s hard to be human sometimes! It is really hard to sift through our emotions and challenges that arise throughout our days, especially those moments that erupt out of nowhere. I felt like I had failed so many times because of these explosions. However, I have changed my mind. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t […]
Building a school culture where everyone wants to be there and work towards the most optimal learning possible is a tough job. It has to go beyond the curriculum and back to the days where breaking bread was how we got things done. Sometimes keeping it simple, with a plate of food, a coffee, and […]
At what point are we, as leaders,expecting or asking too much? I had a conversation a few weeks ago and this question seemed to be the propeller of the topic of the discussion. The person whom I had been talking to posed this thought and it stopped me in my tracks. I was a little […]
Technology is the world’s magic. It is crazy to me how people have figured out how to communicate through space and the world of wifi. Answers to any question can be found within seconds with the click of the google bar, phones can almost think for us, and our technology and knowledge of science and […]
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 […]
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