The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… This year, flipping The Switch does not feel like doubling the work, if feels like a renewal. I didn’t see that coming… One of my colleagues speaks of…
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Eduquote of the Week | 1.25.2021
The will to repent is the best resolution. Lailah Gifty Akita
The Vault, No. 14 | Take the Time
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Take the Time My wife is a high school teacher. A veteran. She has been doing the work for years and she simply knows her stuff. I admire her so much and respect what she does and how she does it. I want to be more…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 23 – Comparisons
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Rather than compare ourselves to anything outside, we are better served comparing ourselves to everything inside. We draw our markers for improvement from where we have been, and…
Eduquote of the Week | 1.18.2021
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King, jr
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 22 – Before We Sleep…
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … while things in my particular contexts may have evened out, we are only in the falling action of this pandemic, is the mindset I need to maintain…
Eduquote of the Week | 1.11.2021
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey
The Vault, No. 13 | Got to Begin Again
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Got to Begin Again – The Fresh Start Effect In the approach to this school year, I wrote about Temporal Landmarks, a concept I first discovered upon reading Daniel H. Pink’s When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing which I highly recommend. As we in the…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 21 – One Word 2021 : Kindness
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Maybe we can find a place to feel good and we can treat people with kindness… Giving second chances, I don’t need all the answers. – Harry Styles…
Eduquote of the Week | 1.4.2021
You’ll never get bored when you try something new. There’s really no limit to what you can do. Dr. Seuss