Category Archives: Principal

Years ago, I was blessed to be in a position to hold seminars with groups of educators designed to discuss and build leadership skills both informally and formally, internally – for the individual and externally for the school. As we … Continue reading →

If you have been a reader of this blog, you might remember that, years ago, my good friend and educational leader Sean Gaillard (author of The Pepper Effect – great reading for any and all Beatles fans and educators!) introduced … Continue reading →

In previous iterations of this blog, I have written about teachers in fiction and film and I have written about teachers in music and on stage. I have wanted to point out that, while culture tends to promulgate the “those … Continue reading →

The fall is all but upon us. The new school year is as well. My excitement for the next nine months is real and authentic and genuine and I just used three words that all mean the same thing (hello, … Continue reading →

The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Last May, in the confusion of a school year that limped to the … Continue reading →

The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… The end of the year is weeks away. That will truly be time … Continue reading →

The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… I can imagine how many lives my son has already inspired in his … Continue reading →

The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… … (teachers) have been asked to do the improbable. They have done it … Continue reading →

The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Throughout these months though they have sometimes been difficult to see, fixed points … Continue reading →

The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… One can do a great job and feel it has not been good … Continue reading →