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…
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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
The Vault, No. 9 | Echo Chambers of Our Own Design
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Echo Chambers of Our Own Design Leaders can live strange lives and much of that has to do with the types of people with which they surround themselves. Confident, strong leaders tend to seek out those who are, likewise, confident and strong. They tend to build…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 15 – The Journal: Pandemic Parent
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 pandemic parent, too. Today is my daughter’s birthday. She is the youngest of our three children and she turns 22 today which means all three…
Eduquote of the Week | 11.9.2020
[Kids] don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. Jim Henson