The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promised to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… I need to embrace relentless optimism. That is the way through this particular genesis There is something frightfully wonderful about the start of any school year and, while…
Category: Education
Eduquote of the Week | 9.21.2020
Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions. Unknown
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 7 – The Journal: Predictability
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promised to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… As a leader, part of what I want to do is minimize the stresses with which our professional staff contends. I want to level the ground for them….
Eduquote of the Week | 9.14.2020
Every child deserves a champion—an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. Rita Pierson
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 6 – The Journal: A Common Frame of Reference
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promised to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … that has become, for me, the key to trying to understand the dynamics currenlty at play and the central question is this: when we disagree, do we…
Eduquote of the Week | 9.7.2020
Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. Confucius
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 5 – The Journal: We Have Never Worked Harder
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promised to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Whatever analogy chosen to express the work educators face this year is lacking. I heard on the radio yesterday someone refer to September 1 as March 77th and…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.31.2020
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. Chinese Proverb
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 4 – The Journal: The Great Unknown
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promised to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Primarily, educators like to know what’s coming at them so they can be ready. Enter the 2020-2021 school year. In my almost 30 year experience of working in…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.24.2020
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela