Teach & Serve III, No. 5 Embrace the Expectations of Leadership September 6, 2017 Give me leaders who understand this, leaders who know that the buck (and everything else) does stop with them. Give me leaders who say: “I get it. I will take it.” Let us begin this blog with a statement which, I…
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Teach & Serve III, No. 4 – Optimism Can Be a Choice… and It Should Be
Teach & Serve III, No. 4 Optimism Can Be a Choice… and It Should Be August 30, 2017 Our work is with kids. Our work is for the future. What could be better – or inspire more optimism – than that? We work with kids. Let us never forget that we work with kids….
Teach & Serve III, No. 3 – From Small Beginnings Come Great Things
Teach & Serve III, No. 3 From Small Beginnings Come Great Things August 23, 2017 The beginning of school years is a time to think big, to dream big, to reach out and make goals and stare bravely into the limitless sky. In Cleveland, OH in the mid 1930’s, two young men, sons of Jewish…
Teach & Serve III, No. 2 – Playlist 2017-2018
Teach & Serve III, No. 2 Playlist 2017-2018 August 16, 2017 … time to put together the mixtape that will be the soundtrack for the upcoming nine months, the backbeat of the days and weeks and months ahead. It’s that time of year again: time to put together the mixtape that will be the soundtrack…
Teach & Serve II, No. 4 – Fight the System
Teach & Serve II, No. 4 – Fight the System August 31, 2016 Because we often venerate those who came before us in our institutions, we tend to venerate the systems they created right along with them. We sometimes talk about “human systems” – the architecture of people who live and work and journey together. These human…
Teach & Serve II, No. 2 – Playlist 2016-2017
Teach & Serve II, No. 2 – Playlist 2016-2017 August 17, 2016 As I don’t work in school settings anymore, I have adapted some of these rituals. I still rearrange my offices – if only the memorabilia on the walls and shelves. I still move the furniture. And I still put together the playlist. I worked in…
Teach & Serve II, No. 1 – Teach Boldly
Teach & Serve II, No. 1 – Teach Boldly August 10, 2016 …you have the opportunity, the responsibility to do more and be more. You can animate. You can inspire. You can engage. The beginning of the beginning is ramping up in schools all over the country. If you’re reading this, you’re likely a teacher or…
Teach & Serve No. 1 – “I Am A Teacher”
Teach & Serve No. 1 * August 4, 2015 I Am a Teacher If we considered the many roles are called on to play, the many aspects of the work before us, the many groups we’re called to serve – if we considered all of this before we entered the profession, it’s possible we’d have…