Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…
Category: High School
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 34 – THE TOOLBOX: Calm
Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…
IntelliPop! | No. 18 – Professor X | The X-Men
Professor X founded the X-Men back in 1963. At that time, he opened a school for gifted students who had amazing powers and who were outcasts needing a place of shelter. There were 5 students initially and they were all devoted to the professor and to his mission. Since then, the X-Men have become wildly…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 33 – THE TOOLBOX: Prioritize
Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 32 – THE TOOLBOX: Humor
Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…
IntelliPop! | No. 17 – Mercedes Tainot | Larry Crowne
I love Tom Hanks. I love his acting. I love his direction. I love the movies he writes. Such is the case with Larry Crowne, a decidedly silly and heartwarming romance featuring Hanks’ Crowne returning to school and falling for Julia Roberts’ community college professor Mercedes Tainot. Good work, Hanks: writing a romance with one…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 31 – THE TOOLBOX: Self Deprecation
Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 30 – THE TOOLBOX: Pinch Hitting
Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…
IntelliPop! | No. 16 – Jefferson Pierce | Black Lightning
One of the many, many tropes in comic books is that most superheroes have a secret identity. Often, the work the superhero does in her or his “other life” is something out of the ordinary – a newspaper reporter, a billionaire, a doctor and so forth. This is not true in the case of Black…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 29 – THE TOOLBOX: Take Risks
Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…