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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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…
The Vault, No. 6 | Integration
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Integration How much of one’s personal life should an educational leader bring into the context of running a school? How much should a leader share and make known to the faculty and staff she serves? How much does that faculty and staff have to know to…
The Vault, No. 5 | I Love Trouble
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. I Love Trouble Working in schools, we sometimes find ourselves in trouble, as it were. We find ourselves at odds with others. We find ourselves at loggerheads. We find ourselves emotionally keyed up and in stare downs across the faculty room. Often, we don’t know how…
The Vault, No. 4 | Climate Control
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Climate Control I will not buy another house that does not have air conditioning. This is a first world demand, to be sure, but it is a very real one for me. After living in homes with air conditioning and without when the family next moves…
The Vault, No. 2 | Contentional Leadership
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. Contentional Leadership Though it might be hard to believe, there truly are some leaders who believe that the best way to motivate, inspire and stimulate the people with whom they work is by intentionally putting them in opposition to one another. Leaders such as this thrive…
The Vault, No. 1 | Temporal Landmarks
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. You cannot hold back the sea and you cannot hold back the beginning of the school year. Those of us involved in education are ramping up, feeling the itch, sensing the inevitable. In the coming days or weeks, we will embark on the opening rituals of…
Teach & Serve V, No. 43 | Last Edition… It’s a Wrap
Teach & Serve V, No. 43 Last Edition… It’s a Wrap May 27, 2020 See you in the fall! What a long, strange year the last ten weeks have been… If you are a regular reader of Teach & Serve, thanks for being along for the ride! If you are new to the blog, please feel…
Teach & Serve V, No. 42 | And Now, the End Is Near – Temporal Landmarks Bookended
Teach & Serve V, No. 42 And Now, the End Is Near – Temporal Landmarks Bookended May 20, 2020 Let us be confident as we stride into the summer. Let us congratulate ourselves on a race well run, a circle well drawn. EVERGREEN POST If you have been a reader of this blog all year,…
Teach & Serve V, No. 41 | You Changed My Life
Teach & Serve V, No. 41 You Changed My Life May 13, 2020 in the mid-May morass especially as we have not seen our current students for weeks in person, we are just as likely to forget to acknowledge to ourselves that we have, in fact, changed lives. In normal years, mid-May in schools inspires…