Teach & Serve III, No. 31 – Union. Now. March 14, 2018 I welcome any chance to have dialogue among constituents at the school. I welcome every opportunity to discuss our shared work. I welcome all who wish to make the school a better place. This is not a post suggesting that all faculties and…
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EduQuote of the Week: March 12 – 18, 2018
Universal Women’s Week Women belong in all places where decisions are being made… It shouldn’t be that women are the exception. – Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Teach & Serve III, No. 30 – Leading from Fear
Teach & Serve III, No. 30 – Leading from Fear March 7, 2018 When we find ourselves responding too frequently from a place of fear, perhaps our most effective window as leaders has closed. There are good places from which to lead, good places of the heart and the soul. I am a better leader…
EduQuote of the Week: March 5 – 11, 2018
Will Eisner’s Birthday I want to point out to adults that there is a world of good material available to you now in comic form – in this medium – and learn to give it your support because the more you support it, the better the material will be as it comes out. – Will…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 14 – X Marks the Spot
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 14 X Marks the Spot Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. When they were first created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the X-Men were intended to do one thing: sell comic books….
Teach & Serve III, No. 29 – The Dream Business
Teach & Serve III, No. 29 – The Dream Business February 28, 2018 The Dream Business. That is an exciting business in which to work. That is an exciting vocation to have. And enabling dreamers around us is part of what we do. Dreams. It is about dreams I wish to ruminate for a few…
EduQuote of the Week: February 26 – March 4, 2018
Peace Corps Week But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps-who works in a foreign land-will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which is…
Teach & Serve III, No. 28 – Followership
Teach & Serve III, No. 28 – Followership February 21, 2018 … how do we, as educational leaders, respond when those above us in the food chain make mistakes, missteps or errors? How do we react when they are not their best selves or when they handle us and situations in a manner we neither understand…
EduQuote of the Week: February 19 – 25, 2018
Sisterhood and Brotherhood Week It’s a commonly expressed and rather nice, romantic notion that we are all “sisters” and “brothers.” Let’s be real. Fact is, we might be better served to accept that we are all siblings. Siblings fight, pull each other’s hair, steal stuff, and accuse each other indiscriminately. But siblings also know the…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 13 – Power and Responsibility
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 13 Power and Responsibility Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. If you have seen a Spider-Man (and, yes, the use of the hyphen is correct!) movie, then you are likely to be familiar…