Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes. Margaret Wheatley
Tag: Teaching High School
Teach & Serve II, No. 30 – Leadering: Identifying Weaknesses before Celebrating Strengths
Teach & Serve II, No. 30 – Leadering: Identifying Weaknesses before Celebrating Strengths March 1, 2017 A leadering step is identifying and embracing one’s weaknesses along with relying on one’s strengths. Good leaders comprehend their limitations. They know their difficulties. They recognize their weaknesses. Over the course of the next few weeks, Teach & Serve will be discussing…
EduQuote of the Week: February 27 – March 5, 2017
Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another’s uniqueness. Ola Joseph
Teach & Serve II, No. 29 – Leadering: Knowing Oneself
Teach & Serve II, No. 29 – Leadering: Knowing Oneself February 22, 2017 People who do not wish to know themselves this well typically do not make effective leaders or, rather, they are not as effective leaders as they could be. Over the course of the next few weeks, Teach & Serve will be discussing “leadering”…
Teach & Serve II, No. 28 – Leadering
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…
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. 26 – Expectations Change. Get Used to It.
Teach & Serve II, No. 26 – Expectations Change. Get Used to It. February 1, 2017 If we are not changing, looking for new ways to do things, for new ways to interact, to teach, to lead, then we are not suited for work in schools. There are all kinds of adages about change I…
EduQuote of the Week: January 30 – February 5, 2017
Teaching is more than imparting knowledge, it is inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. William Arthur Ward
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…