Category Archives: Leadership

…here’s to your good looks, baby, now here’s to my health. If you have been a faithful reader of this volume of Teach and Serve, you know that, in the tenth year of this blog, I find myself in a … Continue reading →

I have said their names aloud as I have written this post. As readers of this blog know, I have been an educator for over 30 years. I have had time to walk alongside a great many people. I have … Continue reading →

I have had the privilege of working with numerous extraordinary women. As we celebrate Women’s History Month, I find myself reflecting on the remarkable women who have shaped my journey as an educator. From my first-grade teacher to the incredible … Continue reading →

While each Catholic school is, in fact, unique, it is what makes us alike that defines who we are. In my many years of serving in Catholic education, one observation stands out: each school believes it is unique, that there … Continue reading →

Superheroes have played a significant role in my understanding of education. My passion for education is surpassed only by three other passions in my life. In order, these are 1) my family, 2) Star Trek, and 3) Superheroes. I have … Continue reading →

Let us not mess this up. I can see February turning to March and the end of the year (maybe) coming into a little focus. I think the end of my weekly blog might be doing the same thing so … Continue reading →

I love teaching. I honestly believe that my relationship with teaching was the “love at first sight” kind of story. From my first days of actual teaching back in October of 1992, when I took up residence in the Room … Continue reading →

I think you could do worse than spend a few hours yourself in Three Corner Glen. We interrupt this blog that typically addresses issues of educational leadership and high school teaching for this true and personal story: Within months of … Continue reading →

We cannot always predict when or how the boom will come. Schools are complex organizations in which the life experiences of hundreds of people are intertwined daily. Those experiences go far beyond what is happening on any field, stage, office, … Continue reading →

I want our students to be good people. More times than I would like, I have been asked or coerced to share some manner of my philosophy of education. I blogged about my latest experience with this earlier in this … Continue reading →