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…
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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…
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. 22 – One Song 2017
Teach & Serve II, No. 22 – One Song 2017 January 4, 2017 One of the greatest gifts of living in our society is that we are not all the same. And yet we are one. Stop me if you heard this one (and, if you read my blog last year, you did!): I love…
Teach & Serve II, No. 20 – The Gift of Our Work
Teach & Serve II, No. 20 – The Gift of Our Work December 21, 2016 Our work reaches beyond us. It reaches through time. It reaches into the future. This post will be published on the Wednesday prior to Christmas. Most likely, most teachers and administrators are done with their work today. Schools are about to…
Teach & Serve II, No. 19 – Optimism Is a Choice
Teach & Serve II, No. 19 – Optimism Is a Choice December 14, 2016 If we, as teachers and leaders, do not project optimism about the work, do not project positivism about the road ahead, do not push ourselves to be our best selves, who else will? The days are short. The nights are long. For…
Teach & Serve II, No. 18 – Disagreement and Dialogue
Teach & Serve II, No. 18 – Disagreement and Dialogue December 7, 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. Picture the scene if you will: it’s towards the end of a long day at the end…
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. 16 – Give Thanks for THAT?
Teach & Serve II, No. 16 – Give Thanks for THAT? November 23, 2016 We work with kids, they are going to challenge us. More often than not, their challenges can be channeled (if we are skilled) into positive results. Give thanks. As we gather this week for Thanksgiving in the United States, our thoughts, hopefully,…