Teach & Serve IV, No. 4 Contential Leadership August 29, 2018 When one is only concerned with her or his ideas being better than someone else’s ideas, teamwork cannot flourish. It cannot even begin. Though it might be hard to believe, there are some leaders who believe that the best way to motivate, inspire and…
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EduQuote of the Week | 8.27.18
It is impossible to please God if you do not live on friendly terms with others. Jean-Baptist De la Salle
Teach & Serve IV, No. 3 | Journey
Teach & Serve IV, No. 3 Journey August 22, 2018 Our work in education ought to include work upon ourselves. How do we improve? How do we better serve? How do we ensure that our journeys match our goals? How do we grow as leaders and as people? In some parts of the United States,…
EduQuote of the Week | 8.20.18
Our job is to teach the students we have. Not the ones we would like to have. Not the ones we used to have. Those we have right now. All of them. Kevin Maxwell
A Journal of the First Year | One
(L) 1994 (R) 2018 It is my intention to share some reflections on the highs, the lows, the excitement, the routine, the successes, the failures and everything in between which I experience the course of the next 10 – 12 months, my first months as a full-time principal of a high school. Writing this journal…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 2 | Playlist 2018-2019
Teach & Serve IV, No. 2 Playlist 2018-2019 August 15, 2018 These songs send me into a new year on the most positive of notes… pun intended. At this point, putting together a mixtape to celebrate the start of a new academic year is tradition. Four years ago, my good friend and educational leader Sean Gaillard…
EduQuote of the Week | 8.13.18
The way you behave should be a model to those you teach. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Teach & Serve IV, No. 1 | Temporal Landmarks
Teach & Serve IV, No. 1 Temporal Landmarks August 8, 2018 Hopefully we are rested. Hopefully we are ready. Hopefully, we are excited. Let us embrace the moment because this moment – the start of the school year – has power. You cannot hold back the sea and you cannot hold back the beginning of…
EduQuote of the Week | 8.6.18
Education is the key to unlocking the world, a passport to freedom. Oprah Winfrey
Teach & Serve IV | COMING NEXT WEEK!
Teach & Serve IV Coming Next Week August 8, 2018 Next Wednesday, Teach & Serve returns for another year. To get warmed up, presented again are my fifteen favorite teachers from fiction! No. 15: Mr. Miyagi Mr. Miyagi comes in at 15 for his dedication, his care of his students, his ability to push his them…