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 my way from one building to another. On the grass, the maintenance staff was setting…
Eduquote of the Week | 11.6.2023
Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. Augustine Og Mandino
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 13 | Questions, Answers, and Gaps | November 1, 2023
… 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 this sense of responsibility is not inherently wrong, it is what leaders do with these…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.30.2023
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. Stephen King
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 12 | Slow Down | October 25, 2023
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 analyzed. There is pressure from supervisors and students and parents. There is pressure to be…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.23.2023
Success only comes to those who dare to attempt. Mallika Tripathi
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 11 | Reaction to Reaction | October 18, 2023
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 was speaking with a colleague and had one of those moments, a before and after…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.16.2023
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind. Mr. Rogers
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 10 | Edu-Babble | October 11, 2023
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 one accurately quantifies such things, I am fairly certain I am on the top of…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.9.2023
I don’t want an uneventful and safe life, I prefer an adventurous one. Isabel Allende