Dealing with Overwhelm
Even people who speak on mental health and know the impact of mental health issues can struggle. I've been dealing with emotional...
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- Apr 4
- 5 min
Dear Districts: Time to Wake Up, The Teachers Aren't Coming
There's an interesting phenomenon that happens when it comes to change where the catalyst is adversity - people don't want to believe...
- Mar 15, 2020
- 4 min
Five Ways to Fight Isolation and Loneliness
When I work with districts in virtual learning and setting up virtual environments, one of the areas that is often overlooked is the...
- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
Reignite the Flames: Defining Educator Engagement and Disengagement
Listen to the Make Learning Magical Podcast by Tisha Richmond discussing this topic here. As I gear up to complete the follow-up book to...
- Nov 17, 2019
- 6 min
Five Ways To Engage in Impactful Mentorship
One of the most powerful professional decisions I ever made was to develop relationships with mentors. I have a few different mentors to...
- Oct 15, 2019
- 3 min
What Story is Your Communication Telling
Our brains love stories. Especially stories filled with drama and intrigue, a villain, a hero and other pieces that make us talk...
- Sep 24, 2019
- 5 min
Leading From the Heart
Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead is one of my top five must read books. As I’ve always been a huge fan of talking about the uncomfortable...
- Sep 17, 2019
- 4 min
Support and the Risk-Taking Cycle
You read about a new technology on Twitter. You love how the teacher used the tech to support learning and empower students. You decide...
- Sep 3, 2019
- 3 min
Why Procrastination and Fear Shouldn’t Derail Our Goals
One of my favorite Ted Talks of all time is titled Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator by Tim Urban. Being a master procrastinator...
- Aug 1, 2019
- 4 min
The Importance of Feeling Valued
One of the consistent aspects of any positive climate and robust, supportive culture is the feeling of being valued. When you feel that...
- Mar 16, 2019
- 3 min
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 10, 2019
- 3 min
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...
- Feb 7, 2019
- 4 min
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...
- Jan 9, 2019
- 4 min
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...
- Dec 26, 2018
- 7 min
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...
- Nov 29, 2018
- 3 min
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 10, 2018
- 5 min
Five Questions to Aid in Deep Reflection
While going through the editing process for Divergent EDU my editor left me a comment in an area where I alluded to divergent thinkers...
- Nov 3, 2018
- 3 min
The Value We Place on Leadership Traits
I have been paying special attention lately to what I need to do to be a good leader and in order to do that, I need to reflect on the...
- Oct 25, 2018
- 4 min
The Little Things that Make a Difference
I have a 1-hour commute each day to work. I despise it more than words can describe. It is roughly an additional 10 hours out of my week...