Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. Rita Pierson
Category: Teacher
Teach & Serve II, No. 24 – My Father Didn’t Like School
Teach & Serve II, No. 24 – My Father Didn’t Like School January 18, 2017 My father, who professed a dislike of school and who I never heard anyone call “teacher” was one of the greatest teachers I ever had. He should have written a book about education. If he had, it would been titled Lessons about…
EduQuote of the Week: January 16 – 22, 2017
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the true goal of education. Martin Luther King, jr
Teach & Serve II, No. 23 – Is It Time to Go?
Teach & Serve II, No. 23 – Is It Time to Go? January 11, 2017 As educational leaders, we can easily and readily overlook the signs that it is time for us to go. We can avoid the signals. We can hold on for dear life. And we do not always know we are doing this….
EduQuote of the Week: January 9 – 15, 2017
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. Chinese Proverb
Teach & Serve II, No. 22 – One Song 2017
Teach & Serve II, No. 22 – One Song 2017 January 4, 2017 One of the greatest gifts of living in our society is that we are not all the same. And yet we are one. Stop me if you heard this one (and, if you read my blog last year, you did!): I love…
EduQuote of the Week: January 2 – 8, 2017
If you don’t play hard, they won’t let you in the huddle. Gary Kubiak
Teach & Serve II, No. 21 – A Few Highlighted Posts
Teach & Serve II, No. 21 A Few Highlighted Posts December 28, 2016 Reaching back for the last ten posts of the year… THE GIFT OF OUR WORK OPTIMISM IS A CHOICE DISAGREEMENT AND DIALOGUE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS and GAPS GIVE THANKS FOR THAT? PRINCIPLE or PRINCIPAL? NEGATIVE/POSITIVE HAVE A MISSION DON’T SHUT THE DOOR ON THE…
EduQuote of the Week: December 26, 2016 – January 1, 2017
The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and dissemination of the truth. John F. Kennedy
Teach & Serve II, No. 20 – The Gift of Our Work
Teach & Serve II, No. 20 – The Gift of Our Work December 21, 2016 Our work reaches beyond us. It reaches through time. It reaches into the future. This post will be published on the Wednesday prior to Christmas. Most likely, most teachers and administrators are done with their work today. Schools are about to…