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...
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- Apr 7, 2019
- 4 min
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...
- Mar 19, 2019
- 5 min
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 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...
- Mar 5, 2019
- 1 min
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 2, 2019
- 3 min
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...
- 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 13, 2019
- 3 min
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 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...
- Dec 18, 2018
- 2 min
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 15, 2018
- 4 min
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 2, 2018
- 4 min
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...
- 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 21, 2018
- 1 min
Leadership and the Art of Quiet Redirect
Yes, I know I had the phone the wrong way. 🙂
- Nov 12, 2018
- 2 min
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 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...
- Oct 19, 2018
- 3 min
When Distrust Follows the Position
I’ve been the Director of Innovation and Technology for two full years in my district and I’m a few months into my third. When I began my...
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