We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort. Jesse Owens
Tag: Catholic Education
Teach & Serve IV, No. 28 | Do Not Play Chess, or Checkers for that Matter
Teach & Serve IV, No. 28 Do Not Play Chess, or Checkers for that Matter February 13, 2019 Looking back, very little … maneuvering ever worked. In the past, I have spent many hours (too many hours, frankly) trying to plot out my professional destiny. These designs have sometimes been small in scope – determining…
EduQuote of the Week | 2.11.19
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. Coretta Scott King
Teach & Serve IV, No. 27 | Integration
Teach & Serve IV, No. 27 Integration February 6, 2019 Great leaders are not one person in school and another at home. Great leaders can be counted on to be consistent, to be authentic and to be integrated. How much of one’s personal life should an educational leader bring into the context of running a…
EduQuote of the Week | 2.4.19
I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that science literacy is the most important kind of literacy they can take into the 21st century. I would undervalue grades based on knowing things and find ways to…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 26 | Creative Space/Creative Time
Teach & Serve IV, No. 26 Creative Space/Creative Time January 30, 2019 I do another kind of dreaming, too. I dream about the professional life I want to lead. I dream about the leader I wish to be. I dream about what I might look like five, ten and fifteen years from now (God willing!)….
EduQuote of the Week | 1.28.19
We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. Stephen King
Teach & Serve IV, No. 25 | Climate Control
Teach & Serve IV, No. 25 Climate Control January 23, 2019 Climate control in a school is just as important as it is in a home. 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…
EduQuote of the Week | 1.21.19
Forgiveness is not an occasional act; it is a constant attitude. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Teach & Serve IV, No. 24 | Hard to Recapture…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 24 Hard to Recapture… January 16, 2019 I would like to suggest that arrogance and good leadership are… incompatible. They… don’t mix When a leader stops doing the good and hard work, the respect of the community can (and usually does) drop precipitously. The respect of those being led, once…