As a Tech Director, vendors and edtech companies drove me crazy. I’m not going to lie. The 50 emails I received a day for mailing lists...

I’ve written many blog posts about my core beliefs and how I’ve developed them. The core beliefs I hold, the values of education in which...

When I was 18 and moving on to college, I was extremely uncomfortable in my own skin. It was brought on by years of being told I was...

Let’s face it, our kids’ graduation is just as taxing on us as it is on them. Probably more so because they most likely don’t yet...

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...

Yesterday, I resigned my position as Director of Innovation and Technology for the school district I work for. Immediately, when I tell...

I just finished the book Micro-Resilience by Bonnie St. John. From the beginning just the title caught my attention and I’ve spent a lot...

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...

As we begin to focus more on mental health, the advice to practice self-care is popping up more often. Articles and other resources give...

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...