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
IntelliPop! | No. 15 – Ms. Sylvia Barrett | Up the Down Staircase
When I was a freshman in high school, I wanted to be in our school plays and I received a role in the first production for which I auditioned. The play was Up the Down Staircase, a drama about an idealistic English teacher who finds that her preconceived notions of what it means to be…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 27 – THE TOOLBOX: Fair Doesn’t Mean Identical
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. 26 – THE TOOLBOX: Seek out Opinions
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. 14 – The Facultones | Real Life???
For a great many years, I played guitar (poorly) and sang (marginally well) in a cover band called The Facultones. It was primarily made up of a group of teachers from the high school I worked at and we played parties and Christmas celebrations and student activities and graduation parties and all kinds of things….
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 26 – THE TOOLBOX: Act Decisively
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. 25 – THE TOOLBOX: Relationship
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. 13 – Ms. Charlotte Read | Real Life
I often speak to teachers about something I hope they know: they have immense impact on their students and it does not take long to change someone’s life forever. When I was a senior in high school, I had a teacher for College Western Civilizations named Charlotte Read. She was also the yearbook moderator and,…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 24 – THE TOOLBOX: Timeliness
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. 23 – THE TOOLBOX: Allow for Mistakes
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…