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Teach & Serve II, No. 15 – Principle or Principal?

Teach & Serve II, No. 15 – Principle or Principal November 16, 2016 Excellent principals know when not to be principal When I was a kid (and I am sure I am not alone here), the spelling of “principal” was taught … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 14 – Negative/Positive

Teach & Serve II, No. 14 – Negative/Positive November 9, 2016 Part of leadership is to put the positive in perspective while confronting the negative and sorting through it for truth. A good friend of mine said something very interesting to … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 13 – Have a Mission

Teach & Serve II, No. 13 – Have a Mission November 2, 2016 There’s a good question for the day: why are you in education? Let’s bracket something we (hopefully!) know: our jobs working with students, their families, our colleagues and … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 12 – Don’t Shut the Door on the Library

Teach & Serve II, No. 12 – Don’t Shut the Door on the Library October 26, 2016 My concern is … simple: will people develop a love of reading without the physicality of the activity and without its accompanying shrines? … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 11 – Failure Is an Option

Teach & Serve II, No. 11 – Failure Is an Option October 19, 2016 Failure, under the right circumstances, is good for us and good for our students. Apollo 13 is a wonderful movie. It has everything I love in film. It’s beautifully … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 10 – Leaders Should Hold Themselves to the Highest Standards

Teach & Serve II, No. 10 – Leaders Should Hold Themselves to the Highest Standards October 12, 2016 … we don’t meet these standards because we are being watched. We meet them because we know that meeting them makes us better … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 9 – You Don’t Get to Choose When the Crisis Hits

Teach & Serve II, No. 9 – You Don’t Get to Choose When the Crisis Hits October 5, 2016 As teachers and administrators we exist to do many things, one of those things is to provide stability in the face of crisis. … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 8 – I Hope Our Students Are Better

Teach & Serve II, No. 8 – I Hope Our Students Are Better September 28, 2016 … the idea that somehow being less is really being more is dangerous. I do not understand. I do not understand the how or the when. … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 7 – Don’t Waste a Good Laugh Being Too Professional

Teach & Serve II, No. 7 – Don’t Waste a Good Laugh Being Too Professional September 21, 2016 … how often are we wound tightly by the seriousness of our work? How often are we so taken with the gravity of … Continue reading

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Teach & Serve II, No. 6 – Right Place at the Right Time

Teach & Serve II, No. 6 – Right Place at the Right Time September 14, 2016 I just don’t know what having a 3.75 or a 4.00 does for you? Will it potentially get you into a better school? Sure it will. … Continue reading

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