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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When I work with districts on the ideas in #DivergentEDU, communication is one of the most common areas recited as either supporting the...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

We are beginning to recognize the value of balance in education. Finally, people are starting to understand that handing yourself over...

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...

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...

Recently, one of my favorite teachers in the high school approached me about students starting student managed social media accounts for...

I was reading through this guide by the University of Texas at Austin on thinking and teaching divergently and I came across these...

Yes, I know I had the phone the wrong way. 🙂

Tomorrow one of my favorite students ever leaves for the Air Force. He has spent the last couple of summers working for our department....

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...

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...