Category Archives: Teacher

It is my sincere wish that you have many, many things in your life for which you are thankful. As we gather next week for Thanksgiving in the United States, our thoughts, hopefully, turn to those things for which we … Continue reading →

The closer I got to the group setting up, the more I could sense something was wrong. The tension was noticeable. In a position I held many years ago, I was walking outside across the quad of the school on … Continue reading →

… genuine leaders recognize that they cannot have all the answers, nor should they try to. Leaders often assume responsibility not only for the success of their leadership initiatives but also for the emotional well-being of those they lead. While … Continue reading →

There is rarely a car on fire in the parking lot. The many pressures on educators and educational leaders are significant. The nature of our work carries with it expectations for results and those results are reviewed, tested, critiqued, and … Continue reading →

There is a reason – and it is a bad one – that the old adage “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” is shared with such regularity: that reason is because the adage is true. A few years ago, I … Continue reading →

In terms of the professional world, no occupation re-writes its jargon with such wild abandon as education. I do not mean adds to its jargon, by-the-way. I mean changes it, reformulates it, restructures it. Though I do not know how … Continue reading →

In my experience, most teachers are idealists. A viral trend among educators this year is to post two photos, one indicating how a teacher felt on September 1st and one showing the wear 30 days on. My own attempt accompanies … Continue reading →