So often you find that the students you are trying to inspire are the ones that end up inspiring you. Sean Jenkins
Tag: High School
Teach & Serve IV, No. 5 | Balance & Reflection
Teach & Serve IV, No. 5 Balance & Reflection September 5, 2018 It is through reflection that leaders assess what has worked and what has not. It is through reflection that leaders can approach objectivity about themselves and their role. It is through reflection that leaders understand the impacts they have, good and bad. Great…
EduQuote of the Week | 9.3.18
The expert in anything was once a beginner. Helen Hayes
A Journal of the First Year | Two
(L) 1994 (R) 2018 It is my intention to share some reflections on the highs, the lows, the excitement, the routine, the successes, the failures and everything in between which I experience the course of the next 10 – 12 months, my first months as a full-time principal of a high school. Writing this journal…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 4 | Contentional Leadership
Teach & Serve IV, No. 4 Contential Leadership August 29, 2018 When one is only concerned with her or his ideas being better than someone else’s ideas, teamwork cannot flourish. It cannot even begin. Though it might be hard to believe, there are some leaders who believe that the best way to motivate, inspire and…
EduQuote of the Week | 8.27.18
It is impossible to please God if you do not live on friendly terms with others. Jean-Baptist De la Salle
Teach & Serve IV, No. 3 | Journey
Teach & Serve IV, No. 3 Journey August 22, 2018 Our work in education ought to include work upon ourselves. How do we improve? How do we better serve? How do we ensure that our journeys match our goals? How do we grow as leaders and as people? In some parts of the United States,…
EduQuote of the Week | 8.20.18
Our job is to teach the students we have. Not the ones we would like to have. Not the ones we used to have. Those we have right now. All of them. Kevin Maxwell
A Journal of the First Year | One
(L) 1994 (R) 2018 It is my intention to share some reflections on the highs, the lows, the excitement, the routine, the successes, the failures and everything in between which I experience the course of the next 10 – 12 months, my first months as a full-time principal of a high school. Writing this journal…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 2 | Playlist 2018-2019
Teach & Serve IV, No. 2 Playlist 2018-2019 August 15, 2018 These songs send me into a new year on the most positive of notes… pun intended. At this point, putting together a mixtape to celebrate the start of a new academic year is tradition. Four years ago, my good friend and educational leader Sean Gaillard…