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My Own “Life Rules” For Building Resilience
One of the characteristics that people pick out most often about me is my level of resilience. Some mix it up with tenacity and they do...
May 24, 20195 min read
What’s Your Reason to Stay?
Yesterday, I resigned my position as Director of Innovation and Technology for the school district I work for. Immediately, when I tell...
May 15, 20192 min read


When things feel off, it’s time for self-reflection
I have been unhappy lately and I don’t know why. I know I often discuss my depression and anxiety openly but this is not that. It is a...
Apr 21, 20194 min read
The Things People Do When They Don’t Know You’re Watching
Since I’ve been in my current role, I have focused my efforts on what I have believed to be important supports for my department and the...
Apr 16, 20192 min read


Self-Care That Goes Beyond Mindfulness
There is no doubt that I am terrible at taking care of my body physically, and lately I’ve been suffering the consequences of years of...
Apr 7, 20194 min read


Musings on EDU Prompted by Disney
I have never been an inherently silly person. Am I friendly and do I love to laugh? Yes. Although sarcasm and irony have always been more...
Mar 19, 20195 min read


My Measure of Success Makes Me a Failure
I really believe that in education one of the most fundamental feelings we need to have is efficacy; the need to feel like we make a...
Mar 16, 20193 min read


The Importance of Communication in Climate and Culture
When I work with districts on the ideas in #DivergentEDU, communication is one of the most common areas recited as either supporting the...
Mar 10, 20193 min read
Change Agents and Adversity
I am trying something new with Synth. If you experience adversity in viewing the player below, please click on this link. 🙂...
Mar 5, 20191 min read


Judge Me By My Worst Day, Do You?
My friend, Jaime Donally, and I were out to lunch one day at a nicer restaurant where all the waiters and waitresses wear matching black...
Mar 2, 20193 min read


When You Feel You’ve Lost Your Voice
I am a firm believer in blogging to organize my thoughts and create brainspace when I have 1000 ideas and a million thoughts all crowded...
Feb 7, 20194 min read


Growing a PLN is More Than a Numbers Game
Growing your PLN is one of the most powerful things you can do for your own professional learning. Period. But, I find that people don’t...
Jan 13, 20193 min read


When Your Actions Are Misaligned With Your Core Beliefs
When I taught I used to joke about how I wished I would have kept a book all along about putting together words that I never thought I’d...
Jan 9, 20194 min read


The Search for Harmony (Balance) Between Work and Life
We are beginning to recognize the value of balance in education. Finally, people are starting to understand that handing yourself over...
Dec 26, 20187 min read


Find the Thing That Feeds Your Soul
I often get asked how I re-engaged back into loving education. And I do love it. Like everyone, I have difficult weeks. Loving what you...
Dec 18, 20182 min read


Bringing Education and Awareness to Educator Mental Health
I’ve had the privilege of being a featured speaker a number of times, but I finally reached my personal professional goal of being one at...
Dec 15, 20184 min read
Student Managed School Social Media Accounts
Recently, one of my favorite teachers in the high school approached me about students starting student managed social media accounts for...
Dec 2, 20184 min read


What Can Divergent Thinking Do For You (The Teacher)?
I was reading through this guide by the University of Texas at Austin on thinking and teaching divergently and I came across these...
Nov 29, 20183 min read
Leadership and the Art of Quiet Redirect
Yes, I know I had the phone the wrong way. 🙂
Nov 21, 20181 min read


The Effect a Student Can Have
Tomorrow one of my favorite students ever leaves for the Air Force. He has spent the last couple of summers working for our department....
Nov 12, 20182 min read
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