Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source – a Sower of Dreams – just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true. Sarah Ban Breathnach
Month: December 2018
Teach & Serve IV, No. 21 | In Review…
For this last edition of 2019, here is the school year rundown of blogs, the Year in Review as it were… perhaps you missed something you may wish to review. The Gift of Our Work Land the Plane Intent vs. Impact Pride Praise You Like I Should First Responders Echo Chambers of Our Own Design…
EduQuote of the Week | 12.24.18
At Christmas, all roads lead home. Marjorie Holmes
A Journal of the First Year | Ten
(L) 1994 (R) 2018 It is my intention to share some reflections on the highs, the lows, the excitement, the routine, the successes, the failures and everything in between which I experience the course of the next 10 – 12 months, my first months as a full-time principal of a high school. Writing this journal…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 20 | The Gift of Our Work
Teach & Serve IV, No. 20 The Gift of Our Work December 19, 2018 The work we do influences the world to come. It shapes society. It changes the world. Changes. The. World. That’s a gift worth receiving. It’s a gift worth sharing. We do not get tired of good Christmas songs. Well, I do…
EduQuote of the Week | 12.17.18
For it is in giving that we receive. St. Francis of Assisi
Teach & Serve IV, No. 19 | Land the Plane
Teach & Serve IV, No. 19 Land the Plane December 12, 2018 There are times we are so in the middle of things, in the moment and in the midst, that we forget that we have to wrap things up, we forget to find a stopping point, we forget to land the plane. We are…
EduQuote of the Week | 12.10.18
What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say. T. F Hodge
A Journal of the First Year | Nine
(L) 1994 (R) 2018 It is my intention to share some reflections on the highs, the lows, the excitement, the routine, the successes, the failures and everything in between which I experience the course of the next 10 – 12 months, my first months as a full-time principal of a high school. Writing this journal…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 18 | Intent vs. Impact, What Happens Next?
Teach & Serve IV, No. 18 Intent vs. Impact, What Happens Next? December 5, 2018 When impacts do not match up to intent, good leaders act again. Good leaders are aware that what they say does not always “land” how they intend it to land. If you are reading this blog you are likely an…