The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … all three of my mentors – these inspirations in my life – have shared a consistent theme repeatedly: take breaks and take care. I have a mentor….
Category: Leadership
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 29 – Women of Power
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… I am struck and frightened by the notion of how little I would be, how much less I would be, how lost I would be without the women…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 28 – Monolith
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… The ironclad idea that some seem to hold that their opinion is shared by everyone has been a stark reality this year. Call it group think, call it…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 27 – Ingenuity
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Last spring, we heard a lot about teachers being heroes but we’ve lost that narrative thread of late. That’s okay. Most educators did not choose their vocations to…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 26 – The Best Bad Idea
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… The best bad ideas are what we need to continue to implement to get through this pandemic. The pandemic year has forced decisions on school leaders in a…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 25 – History? It’s Happening Now
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… As educators, part of our responsibility going forward will be to document this history. To memorialize it. To learn from it. The calendar is moving towards what promises…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 24 – The Switch
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… This year, flipping The Switch does not feel like doubling the work, if feels like a renewal. I didn’t see that coming… One of my colleagues speaks of…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 23 – Comparisons
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Rather than compare ourselves to anything outside, we are better served comparing ourselves to everything inside. We draw our markers for improvement from where we have been, and…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 22 – Before We Sleep…
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … while things in my particular contexts may have evened out, we are only in the falling action of this pandemic, is the mindset I need to maintain…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 21 – One Word 2021 : Kindness
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Maybe we can find a place to feel good and we can treat people with kindness… Giving second chances, I don’t need all the answers. – Harry Styles…