Indiana Jones is a teacher. Enough said. We never know the influence we have… While culture tends to promulgate the “those who can, do, those who cannot, teach” idiocy, there are hundreds of examples of brilliance and impactful teachers in reality and in pop culture. Every-other-week this year, I will share my brief reflections on Smart…
Category: Leadership
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 37 – THE TOOLBOX: Delegate
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. 36 – THE TOOLBOX: Example
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. 19 – Robert Langdon | the novels of Dan Brown
Dan Brown created a phenomenon with The DaVinci Code which was, bracketing potential heresy (as it is a work of fiction), a very ripping yarn. In that novel, he gave readers an enduring character in Professor Robert Langdon, essayed in a number of films by Tom Hanks and on television by Ashley Zukerman. Langdon is…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 35 – THE TOOLBOX: Provide Relief
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. 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…