The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… The best bad ideas are what we need to continue to implement to get through this pandemic. The pandemic year has forced decisions on school leaders in a…
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Eduquote of the Week | 2.8.2021
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Frederick Douglass Black History Month
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 25 – History? It’s Happening Now
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… As educators, part of our responsibility going forward will be to document this history. To memorialize it. To learn from it. The calendar is moving towards what promises…
Eduquote of the Week | 2.1.2021
Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face. Carol Moseley-Braun Black History Month
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 24 – The Switch
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… This year, flipping The Switch does not feel like doubling the work, if feels like a renewal. I didn’t see that coming… One of my colleagues speaks of…
Eduquote of the Week | 1.25.2021
The will to repent is the best resolution. Lailah Gifty Akita
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 23 – Comparisons
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Rather than compare ourselves to anything outside, we are better served comparing ourselves to everything inside. We draw our markers for improvement from where we have been, and…
Eduquote of the Week | 1.18.2021
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Martin Luther King, jr
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 22 – Before We Sleep…
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … while things in my particular contexts may have evened out, we are only in the falling action of this pandemic, is the mindset I need to maintain…
Eduquote of the Week | 1.11.2021
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey