The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. When to Care, When Not to The work we do can be difficult. The spotlight we are under can be bright. The frying pans we dance in can be hotter than the fire. But the fire can be pretty damned hot, too. As educational professionals, an…
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Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 19 – Hope
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… As the days continue to grow longer, as the calendar page starts to turn to 2021, as we approach the celebration of Christmas, It is time to renew…
Eduquote of the Week | 12.7.2020
Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God’s own love and concern. St. Teresa of Calcutta
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 18 – Next One Up
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 next one up was the right one up. He didn’t look at the hand he was dealt and say “no.” He didn’t curse his situation. He didn’t…
Eduquote of the Week | 11.30.2020
Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth. Helen Caldicott
The Vault, No. 10 | Share Thanks, Liberally
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Share Thanks, Liberally I am often amazed at the amount of effort it takes to keep a school up-and-running. When I consider it, I am in awe of the people power necessary to get the lights on, keep them on, unlock the doors, fire up the…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 17 – Gratitude for the Pain
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… I am a different principal now than I was at the start of this year. I can sense something of a microwaved growth in my approach to leadership….
Eduquote of the Week | 11.23.2020
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. William Jennings Bryan
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 16 – The Journal: Serving the Faculty
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… If I cannot get better, our teachers and staff cannot function at the level our students need. And that is an outcome I simply cannot have. We cannot…
Eduquote of the Week | 11.16.2020
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Andy McIntyre