The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Hard to Recapture… Once a leader has seceded leadership by ceasing to perform the functions of good leadership, effective leadership is almost impossible to recapture. When a leader stops doing the good and hard work, the respect of the community can (and usually does) drop precipitously….
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Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 13 – The Journal: Perspective – Sometimes You Gotta Do the Math
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… Being a high school administrator is a wonderful challenge in a typical year and, yes, we do have typical years where the work of the job can be…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.26.2020
You are not your scars. Malisa Morris Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 12 – The Journal: The Importance of Authentic Positivity
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… … the idea that a positivity and optimism that functions against the backdrop of the real world, that is unflinching, that is authentic is, in-and-of-itself toxic is a…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.19.2020
Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. Emory Austin Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Vault, No. 7 | Intent vs. Impact, What Happens Next?
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Intent vs. Impact, What Happens Next? If you are reading this blog you are likely an educational professional, a leader in a school. Every adult in a school is a leader one way or another. And, if you are in a school, you work in a…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 11 – The Journal: Take It to the Limit
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… We have to determine the limits of what we can sanely do, the limits of what is reasonable, the limits of what is possible. We have to understand…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.12.2020
When fear knocks always let faith answer the door. Robin Roberts Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 10 – The Journal: A Test of Character
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… What has become very apparent to me when we reach crossroads of decisions in this environment is this: there is rarely an obvious, correct, well-lit path. I would…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.5.2020
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says ‘I’ll try again tomorrow.’ Mary Anne Radmacher Breast Cancer Awareness Month