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: Leadership
IntelliPop! | No. 6 – Miss Othmar | Peanuts
Did you know she had a name? One of the adults in the Peanuts specials had a name! How often have teachers felt just like Miss Othmar? We talk and we hope we are understood and it comes across to our students as a string of tuba notes making no sense. Clearly, though, Miss Othmar…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 11 – THE TOOLBOX: Collaboration
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. 10 – THE TOOLBOX: Vision
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. 5 – Glenn Holland | Mr. Holland’s Opus
I tell teachers with whom I journey that they inspire their students all the time but they rarely know it. Too infrequently, our students tell us that we have changed their minds, their days, their lives. It is not their fault. Students do not often process the effect we have on them until weeks, months…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 9 – THE TOOLBOX: Organization
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. 8 – THE TOOLBOX: Partnership
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. 4 – Professor Snape
If we are inspired by teachers who know their mission and stick to it, Snape’s the man. If we are inspired by teachers who are unafraid to do what it takes to see that their students succeed, Snape’s the man. If we are inspired by teachers who put the needs of their students ahead of…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 7 – THE TOOLBOX: Strategic Thinking
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. 6 – THE TOOLBOX: Creativity
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…