The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Lane Eight I was blessed to work with a talented administrator and friend for 20 years. He was the Dean of Students (the man in charge of student discipline) when I was a high school student, was in the role when I returned to my alma…
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The Vault, No. 17 | Supporting the Cast
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Supporting the Cast Of the many responsibilities educational leaders carry as part of their work, support of the teachers and staff is very, very near the top of the pyramid of the most important of them. Schools that foster positive environments for students and families do…
The Vault, No. 16 | Is It Getting Hot In Here?
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Is It Getting Hot In Here? I am not an expert on Peter Senge, the brilliant systems analyst who is currently a senior lecturer at MIT and who is a leading Systems Theory expert, but I am familiar enough with him to say that serious professionals,…
The Vault, No. 15 | The Difficult Conversation
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. The Difficult Conversation Frequently a teacher or administrator is faced with the potential of having difficult conversations. Be these with a parent who is concerned about classroom policies, a teacher who is not meeting standards in the classroom or a colleague who has a conflict, administrators…
The Vault, No. 14 | Take the Time
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Take the Time My wife is a high school teacher. A veteran. She has been doing the work for years and she simply knows her stuff. I admire her so much and respect what she does and how she does it. I want to be more…
The Vault, No. 13 | Got to Begin Again
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Got to Begin Again – The Fresh Start Effect In the approach to this school year, I wrote about Temporal Landmarks, a concept I first discovered upon reading Daniel H. Pink’s When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing which I highly recommend. As we in the…
The Vault, No. 12 | The Gift of Our Work
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. The Gift of Our Work We do not get tired of good Christmas songs. We look forward to their repetition each year. When beginning to compose a post for the week of Christmas this year, I realized I had covered the themes I wanted to in…
The Vault, No. 11 | When to Care, When Not to
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. When to Care, When Not to The work we do can be difficult. The spotlight we are under can be bright. The frying pans we dance in can be hotter than the fire. But the fire can be pretty damned hot, too. As educational professionals, an…
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…
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…