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…
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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…
IntelliPop! | No. 20 – Dr. Henry Jones
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…
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…