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… I am a pandemic parent, too. Today is my daughter’s birthday. She is the youngest of our three children and she turns 22 today which means all three…
Eduquote of the Week | 11.9.2020
[Kids] don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are. Jim Henson
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 14 – The Journal: Discourse Dissolved
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… I don’t ever want to come to terms with or to normalize in my mind is that it is okay to ignore being civil. There have been far…
Eduquote of the Week | 11.2.2020
At the desk where I sit, I have learned one great truth. The answer for all our national problems — the answer for all the problems of the world — comes to a single word. That word is education. Lyndon B. Johnson
The Vault, No. 8 | Hard to Recapture
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….
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 13 – The Journal: Perspective – Sometimes You Gotta Do the Math
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… Being a high school administrator is a wonderful challenge in a typical year and, yes, we do have typical years where the work of the job can be…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.26.2020
You are not your scars. Malisa Morris Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 12 – The Journal: The Importance of Authentic Positivity
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 idea that a positivity and optimism that functions against the backdrop of the real world, that is unflinching, that is authentic is, in-and-of-itself toxic is a…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.19.2020
Some days there won’t be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. Emory Austin Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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…