Teach & Serve II, No. 28 – Leadering February 15, 2017 If you are a leader, reflecting on the steps which got you there is a good exercise. If you want to become a leader, considering the leadering activities that will get you there is just as healthy a pursuit. Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up…
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Teach & Serve II, No. 27 – You Never Can Tell
Teach & Serve II, No. 27 – You Never Can Tell February 8, 2017 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…
Teach & Serve II, No. 25 – Conjunction Junction
Teach & Serve II, No. 25 – Conjunction Junction January 25, 2017 Author’s note: as a former teacher at an all boys school, writing a post wherein I used the word “but” over-and-over again did, in fact, make me smirk… go ahead and chuckle, but there’s hopefully a point here! In my position, I have the wonderful…
Teach & Serve II, No. 24 – My Father Didn’t Like School
Teach & Serve II, No. 24 – My Father Didn’t Like School January 18, 2017 My father, who professed a dislike of school and who I never heard anyone call “teacher” was one of the greatest teachers I ever had. He should have written a book about education. If he had, it would been titled Lessons about…
Teach & Serve II, No. 21 – A Few Highlighted Posts
Teach & Serve II, No. 21 A Few Highlighted Posts December 28, 2016 Reaching back for the last ten posts of the year… THE GIFT OF OUR WORK OPTIMISM IS A CHOICE DISAGREEMENT AND DIALOGUE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS and GAPS GIVE THANKS FOR THAT? PRINCIPLE or PRINCIPAL? NEGATIVE/POSITIVE HAVE A MISSION DON’T SHUT THE DOOR ON THE…
Teach & Serve II, No. 17 – Questions, Answers and Gaps
Teach & Serve II, No. 17 – Questions, Answers and Gaps November 30, 2016 It’s just so much easier to only consult yourself and it feels good. You are the leader. You have all the answers. Cue the swelling violins. As educational leaders – classroom teachers or administrators or counselors or staff members – we sometimes…
Teach & Serve II, No. 13 – Have a Mission
Teach & Serve II, No. 13 – Have a Mission November 2, 2016 There’s a good question for the day: why are you in education? Let’s bracket something we (hopefully!) know: our jobs working with students, their families, our colleagues and fellow teachers in education are really wonderful. We are lucky to have them; blessed to…
EduQuote of the Week: October 31 – November 6, 2016
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
Teach & Serve II, No. 10 – Leaders Should Hold Themselves to the Highest Standards
Teach & Serve II, No. 10 – Leaders Should Hold Themselves to the Highest Standards October 12, 2016 … we don’t meet these standards because we are being watched. We meet them because we know that meeting them makes us better leaders, more integrated leaders, more authentic leaders. I, like many, am fatigued by our current…
EduQuote of the Week: October 10 – October 16, 2016
What the teacher is, is more important than what the teacher teaches. Karl Menninger