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The world is finally beginning to wake up to the issues of mental illness and the far-reaching effects that it has on everyone’s life....
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Jun 4, 20182 min read
Kids These Days
I truly believe that part of being an advocate for kids is believing that all of them, no matter what, possess redeeming qualities. I...
May 24, 20182 min read
The Opportunity for Improvement: “We’ve always done it this way” isn’t a why
So many times in education I think we gravitate toward one idea or teaching strategy and hold onto it like it’s the only way to do...
May 18, 20181 min read
The Fire Within is Now Officially Launched!
Find more information on The Fire Within page or by going to Amazon here!
May 13, 20183 min read
Who Do You Want to Mirror?
I am absolutely hooked on the book The Body Keeps Score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD. It is...
Apr 23, 20184 min read
Self-awareness & Advocacy for Educator Mental Health
Because of my upcoming book The Fire Within: Lessons from defeat that have ignited a passion for learning, I am asked a lot about...
Apr 15, 20185 min read
Leadership & The Depth of Relationships
The other day I was working with the administrative team at a school district near Chicago. We were dissecting the Hierarchy of Needs for...
Mar 23, 20184 min read
Finding The Passion Needed For Great Change
I was in the grocery store the other day and I did something that I very rarely do, I picked up a magazine and read the cover. I’m...
Mar 16, 20185 min read
My Core Beliefs: I’m Only as Good as the People I Surround Myself With
This is a post in the Core Beliefs Series. To read the introductory post, click here. In other words, relationships are the most...
Mar 7, 20185 min read
My Core Beliefs: Focus on the Why
This is the second post in the series. You can find the first post on defining your core beliefs here. There has been a lot of discussion...
Feb 27, 20186 min read
Developing My Core Beliefs: The importance of knowing what you stand for
A while back, I created a post called What is the point in blogging where I referenced the development of my core beliefs. Very quickly,...
Feb 17, 20188 min read
The Depressed Educator: If only “getting help” really worked like that
I have been spending a great deal of my time talking about the mental health of educators and students. Maybe it’s because so much of my...
Feb 12, 20185 min read
Teacher Demo Days: Trying for a more personalized PD experience
Since beginning my administrative position, I am responsible for more professional development days and have been attempting to provide...
Feb 8, 20183 min read
The One Where We Try to Teach Empathy
I was Voxing with my good friend Zac Leonard and we were discussing one of their more recent topics on #EdTechAfterDark: teaching...
Jan 28, 20184 min read
If I Knew Then: Advice to my first-year teacher self
In preparing for a keynote, I had come across this video where teachers were asked to write a letter to themselves as a first-year...
Jan 17, 20183 min read
Building Trust with Challenging Conversations
Educators are nice people. We are taught to be positive and complementary and to give feedback that people can feel good about. What we...
Jan 10, 20185 min read
The Rules of Teacher Engagement
So many times we talk about teacher engagement in the form of how engrossed they are in their professional learning. However, as I’ve...
Jan 5, 20184 min read
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: When the supports are in place
This is the fifth installment of the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The purpose of the Hierarchy...
Dec 31, 20173 min read
My #oneword for 2018
I do absolutely love the #oneword movement. It’s far more than a fad to me. It forces me to choose a focus and a motivation all in one...
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