Because we typically trust the people with whom we have created said systems, we have trust in the systems themselves. Because we often venerate those who came before us in our institutions, we tend to venerate the systems they created right along with them. We sometimes talk about “human systems” – the architecture of people…
Category: Leadership
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 3 | Painting | August 23, 2023
The work of an educator is wonderful, to be sure, but it can feel Sisyphean. I have been a high school teacher and administrator for over three decades. Before I was an administrator and my responsibilities required me to work during the summers, I would always find a temporary position with the school to make…
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 2 | I am a Teacher | August 16, 2023
The names of those who have practiced my profession ring like a hall of fame for humanity – Clara Barton, Booker T. Washington, Buddha, Confucius, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anne Sullivan, Moses, Saint Mother Teresa and Jesus. I have presented this poem many times, but the beginning of the school year cries out for its repetition….
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 1 | Soundtrack + Star Trek | August, 9, 2023
As I thought about this week’s Teach and Serve, the music I was considering for the soundtrack of this year was pushed from my mind as recent music filled my ears and my heart: the music from, perhaps you guessed it, a Star Trek episode. I have been a Star Trek fan for almost as…
IntelliPop! | No. 22 FINAL EDITION – Every Teacher I Have Ever Had
Every Teacher I Have Ever Had There is a scene at the end of The Rise of Skywalker when new Jedi Rey is supported by the voices of Jedi past. She needs their power, their strength and their inspiration. I feel the need for this kind of inspiration quite often but I do not reach…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 41 – THE TOOLBOX: R-E-L-A-X
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. 40 – THE TOOLBOX: The Right Tool for the Right Job
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. 21 – My Son
I joked with my kids for years that they should absolutely not go into education. I called it a dead end career. But, if they had to, I told them not to teach English. That was the worst. I jokingly begged them not to follow in my or my wife’s footsteps. Don’t. Teach. I was,…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 39 – THE TOOLBOX: Bring the Funny
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. 38 – THE TOOLBOX: Practicality
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…