Teach & Serve V, No. 16 Unexpected Gratefulness November 20, 2019 Give thanks for the work. Give thanks for the kids. Give thanks for your colleagues. Give thanks for the challenges. As we gather next week for Thanksgiving in the United States, our thoughts, hopefully, turn to those things for which we are grateful: family,…
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Eduquote of the Week | 11.18.19
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. Nido Qubein
Teach & Serve V, No. 15 | Embrace the Expectation
Teach & Serve V, No. 15 Embrace the Expectation November 13, 2019 … to lead is to serve. To serve is to support. Anything else distracts from our central call as leaders. Let us begin this blog with a statement which, I admit, may or may not be true: It is harder now than ever…
Eduquote of the Week | 11.11.19
We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes. Mr. Rogers
Teach & Serve V, No. 14 | You Can Never Tell
Teach & Serve V, No. 14 You Can Never Tell November 6, 2019 A leader is challenged by something new, something for which no one planned. The leader looks at the team and says “we’re doing this.” Do yourself a favor: take 9 minutes and watch the video below. Here is a true story: Bruce…
Eduquote of the Week | 11.4.19
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. Mary Kay Ash
Teach & Serve V, No. 13 | You Know What’s Really Scary?
Teach & Serve V, No. 13 You Know What’s Really Scary? October 30, 2019 I am frightened that we in education are all too often tied up in how difficult or work is or by the hurdles we face or with the challenges ahead that we forget what we can do and what we can…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.28.19
Memory is the basis of every journey. Stephen King
Teach & Serve V, No. 12 | The Highest Duty
Teach & Serve V, No. 12 The Highest Duty October 23, 2019 … to lead is to serve. To serve is to support. Anything else distracts from our central call as leaders. I firmly believe that the best leaders serve those they lead just as the best teachers understand they work in service of their…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.21.19
Your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life are all intertwined. Skylar Grey