Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Ben Franklin
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 4 – THE TOOLBOX: Listening
Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.23.2021
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert
IntelliPop! | No. 2 – The West Wing, Mrs. Molly Morello
In a fourth season episode of The West Wing, Donna Moss, a White House staffer with access, appeals to her boss, Joss Lyman, the Deputy Director of Communications, to recognize one of her teachers, Mrs. Molly Morello with a Molly Morello Day to indicate what an amazing influence Mrs. Morello had on Donna’s life. Joss…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 3 – THE TOOLBOX: Welcoming Spirit
Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we discussed leadership skills and qualities, we would talk about new tools being put in our…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.16.2021
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eduquote of the Week | 8.16.2021
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 2 – Playlist 2021-2022
If you have been a reader of this blog, you might remember that, years ago, my good friend and educational leader Sean Gaillard (author of The Pepper Effect – great reading for any and all Beatles fans and educators!) introduced me to the idea of #OneSong to define a year which developed into the idea…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.9.2021
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude. Denis Waitley
IntelliPop! | No. 1 – Smart People Doing Smart Things
In previous iterations of this blog, I have written about teachers in fiction and film and I have written about teachers in music and on stage. I have wanted to point out that, while culture tends to promulgate the “those who can, do, those who cannot, teach” idiocy, there are hundreds of examples of brilliance…