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…
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Eduquote of the Week | 8.23.2021
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert
IntelliPop! | No. 2 – The West Wing, Mrs. Molly Morello
In a fourth season episode of The West Wing, Donna Moss, a White House staffer with access, appeals to her boss, Joss Lyman, the Deputy Director of Communications, to recognize one of her teachers, Mrs. Molly Morello with a Molly Morello Day to indicate what an amazing influence Mrs. Morello had on Donna’s life. Joss…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 3 – THE TOOLBOX: Welcoming Spirit
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…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.16.2021
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eduquote of the Week | 8.16.2021
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 2 – Playlist 2021-2022
If you have been a reader of this blog, you might remember that, years ago, my good friend and educational leader Sean Gaillard (author of The Pepper Effect – great reading for any and all Beatles fans and educators!) introduced me to the idea of #OneSong to define a year which developed into the idea…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.9.2021
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude. Denis Waitley
IntelliPop! | No. 1 – Smart People Doing Smart Things
In previous iterations of this blog, I have written about teachers in fiction and film and I have written about teachers in music and on stage. I have wanted to point out that, while culture tends to promulgate the “those who can, do, those who cannot, teach” idiocy, there are hundreds of examples of brilliance…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 1 – Begin Again: Two Simple Goals
The fall is all but upon us. The new school year is as well. My excitement for the next nine months is real and authentic and genuine and I just used three words that all mean the same thing (hello, West Wing fans). Please read that as how legitimately pumped I am standing on the…