Teach & Serve IV, No. 30 I Know Two Things… February 27, 2019 I know two things: Some meetings are good; some meetings are bad, and the responsibility falls on the organizer of the meeting. In the Barry Levinson film Wag the Dog, the wonderful William H. Macy has a number of bon mots which…
Month: February 2019
EduQuote of the Week | 2.25.19
Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations. Mae Jamison
A Journal of the First Year | Fourteen
21 | February | 2019 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. 29 | If You Don’t Want to Know, Don’t (But You Should Want to Know)
Teach & Serve IV, No. 29 If You Don’t Want to Know, Don’t Ask (But You Should Want to Know) February 20, 2019 When we solicit feedback and our staff knows we will receive it openly, we have created rapport and trust. A few years back, I was at the end of a program that…
EduQuote of the Week | 2.18.19
We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort. Jesse Owens
Teach & Serve IV, No. 28 | Do Not Play Chess, or Checkers for that Matter
Teach & Serve IV, No. 28 Do Not Play Chess, or Checkers for that Matter February 13, 2019 Looking back, very little … maneuvering ever worked. In the past, I have spent many hours (too many hours, frankly) trying to plot out my professional destiny. These designs have sometimes been small in scope – determining…
EduQuote of the Week | 2.11.19
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. Coretta Scott King
A Journal of the First Year | Thirteen
7 | February | 2019 It had to happen. Perhaps I ought to be surprised that it did not happen until this past week. At some point, and I knew this intellectually beginning the role as principal, I was going to make a decision that made sense, that was necessary that I was wholly committed…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 27 | Integration
Teach & Serve IV, No. 27 Integration February 6, 2019 Great leaders are not one person in school and another at home. Great leaders can be counted on to be consistent, to be authentic and to be integrated. How much of one’s personal life should an educational leader bring into the context of running a…
EduQuote of the Week | 2.4.19
I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that science literacy is the most important kind of literacy they can take into the 21st century. I would undervalue grades based on knowing things and find ways to…