Teach & Serve III, No. 29 – The Dream Business February 28, 2018 The Dream Business. That is an exciting business in which to work. That is an exciting vocation to have. And enabling dreamers around us is part of what we do. Dreams. It is about dreams I wish to ruminate for a few…
Month: February 2018
EduQuote of the Week: February 26 – March 4, 2018
Peace Corps Week But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps-who works in a foreign land-will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which is…
Teach & Serve III, No. 28 – Followership
Teach & Serve III, No. 28 – Followership February 21, 2018 … how do we, as educational leaders, respond when those above us in the food chain make mistakes, missteps or errors? How do we react when they are not their best selves or when they handle us and situations in a manner we neither understand…
EduQuote of the Week: February 19 – 25, 2018
Sisterhood and Brotherhood Week It’s a commonly expressed and rather nice, romantic notion that we are all “sisters” and “brothers.” Let’s be real. Fact is, we might be better served to accept that we are all siblings. Siblings fight, pull each other’s hair, steal stuff, and accuse each other indiscriminately. But siblings also know the…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 13 – Power and Responsibility
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 13 Power and Responsibility Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. If you have seen a Spider-Man (and, yes, the use of the hyphen is correct!) movie, then you are likely to be familiar…
Teach & Serve III, No. 27 – Love the Work. LOVE IT!
Teach & Serve III, No. 27 – Love the Work. LOVE IT! February 14, 2018 So we better love it. We better love the work. We better love the kids. We better love the hours, and the stress and the cafeteria duty and the dances and the grading, and… This week, I am in my second…
EduQuote of the Week: February 12 – 18, 2018
Take Your Family to Work Week I actually look forward to Take Your Daughter to Work Day. I’m not great with kids, but I want to get better. Because I’m getting married. So I put on a bunch of extra candy on my desk so the kids will come talk to me. Like the witch in…
Teach & Serve III, No. 26 – When Leadership Lets Us Down
Teach & Serve III, No. 26 – When Leadership Lets Us Down February 7, 2018 What happens when we find that we have – in good faith – done all we can to eliminate issues, to find middle ground, to offer constructive approaches, to build and become bridges? What do we do when our leadership is…
EduQuote of the Week: February 5 – 11, 2018
African Heritage Week Strange, is it not, my brothers, how often in America those great watchwords of human energy – ‘Be strong!’ ‘Know thyself!’ ‘Hitch your wagon to a star!’ – how often these die away into dim whispers when we face these seething millions of black men? And yet do they not belong to…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 12 – The Roots of Steel
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 12 The Roots of Steel Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. Superman is one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. I did a little research (on the internet, so it…