Consistently exhibiting good leadership qualities is not always easy. Sometimes, I even find myself slipping into thoughts that would not...

Whenever I hear the phrase “Make good choices!” it makes me smile and brings me back to my elementary teaching days. It always seemed...

Trust should be the concrete foundation of a relationship, and yet it can also be the reason that the relationship ends or is in constant...

One of my favorite people in the world, Jen Williams, shared an article today called From a Rising Senior to Her Teachers: Things to...

I don’t typically make New Year’s Resolutions because I feel reflection and change should be fluid, not fixed to a certain date or time,...

Lately, I’ve had some friends and colleagues who have been going through both personal and professional struggles. For many of them,...

This is something that I have said to my own children so many times. The lecture typically went something like this: “It’s great when...

There is a certain feeling, a certain effect, that going to ISTE has on the majority of the attendees. Sometimes you can see it in their...

Being on vacation but still desiring to keep up with my blog, I asked my good friend and colleague, Renee Reszel, to provide a guest...

I have had some of the most wonderful bosses on the planet. People that are truly still my mentors and friends, some of the first people...

If I could choose one of my goals in which I was guaranteed to make happen prior to leaving education, it would be to create leaders who...

I like to think that I subscribe to the humble-teacher way of thinking. I did not get into education for recognition or to tell people...

I was meeting with a principal today, and I always enjoy talking to him because his conversations are typically the perfect blend of...

I still have 102 days until I have been in my administrative role for one year. I have a countdown on my phone, because like your first...

I had one of those days yesterday where you question how effective you truly are at your job. When you realize that thinking you’re on...

I think that we oftentimes have expectations of students that we, as adults, would not do ourselves. Many times, we file this under the...

I’ve joked before in posts about living my entire life outside my comfort zone, but it’s true. It’s where I’ve found the most rewarding,...