(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…
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Teach & Serve IV, No. 8 | When to Care, When Not to
Teach & Serve IV, No. 8 When to Care, When Not to September 26, 2018 Separating the essential from the trivial and being able to place the other stuff on a continuum in between is crucial. Acknowledging and responding to what is real and acknowledging and moving on from what is not is a skill…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 7 | Share Thanks, Liberally
Teach & Serve IV, No. 7 Share Thanks, Liberally September 19, 2018 Thanking those around us should be a far higher priority than most of us make it. Let us change that. I am often amazed at the amount of effort it takes to keep a school up-and-running – and I am not talking about…
Teach & Serve IV, No. 6 | Belonging
Teach & Serve IV, No. 6 Belonging September 12, 2018 As leaders in our institutions, we bear responsibility for ensuring that our schools place a premium on our constituents feeling they belong. Very little good happens when people are on the outside looking in. It is not new anymore, is it? We can deny it…
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…
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…
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,…
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…