Teach & Serve III, No. 20 – The Gift of Our Work December 20, 2017 The next Teach & Serve will be published on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. Our work reaches beyond us. It reaches through time. It reaches into the future. We do not get tired of good Christmas songs. We look forward to their repetition each year….
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EduQuote of the Week: December 18 – 24, 2017
Posadas En el nombre del cielo os pido posada, pues no puede andar mi esposa amada. – Traditional Los Posadas Lyrics
Teach & Serve III, No. 19 – Humility
Teach & Serve III, No. 19 – Humility December 13, 2017 I want humility to be the heart of my servant leadership. It is the key. Over the course of the past few weeks, I have had opportunity to consider – deeply – what I believe are the core qualities that make up a good leader,…
EduQuote of the Week: December 11 – 17, 2017
Human Rights Week Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities. – Pope Francis
Teach & Serve III, No. 18 – There Are No Leaders Without Followers
Teach & Serve III, No. 18 – There Are No Leaders Without Followers December 6, 2017 Our work reaches beyond us. It reaches through time. It reaches into the future. If you are reading this blog, you are likely a school leader, a teacher or administrator. A further supposition is if you are reading this blog…
Teach & Serve III, No. 17 – Accountable to be Accountable
Teach & Serve III, No. 17 Accountable to be Accountable November 29, 2017 When things go wrong, when they do not go as planned, when failure happens and when hands are thrown up all around, a leader steps forward and steps up. A leader holds herself accountable. A leader accepts responsibility. Schools are complex places…
EduQuote of the Week: November 27 – December 3, 2017
Game and Puzzle Week Once I get on a puzzle, I can’t get off it. – Richard P. Fennyman
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 8 – Let Go of Your Conscious Self
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 8 Let Go of Your Conscious Self Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. No matter how leadership is considered, I believe there is a truth which is difficult to avoid: good leaders are…
Teach & Serve III, No. 16 – Give Thanks for THAT?
Teach & Serve III, No. 16 Give Thanks for THAT? November 22, 2017 An annual Thanksgiving post… As we gather this week for Thanksgiving in the United States, our thoughts, hopefully, turn to those things for which we are grateful: family, friends, good health, good jobs… It is my sincere wish that you have many,…
Teach & Serve III, No. 15 – Management and Leadership
Teach & Serve III, No. 15 Management and Leadership November 15, 2017 Managers direct by telling. Leaders invite by inspiring. At a leadership seminar a few weeks back, I heard a great story about dealing with one of a school’s most favorite days of the year: Halloween. I was asking the group with which I…