Hi all, This week I am presenting at the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals Conference on my published book, “Unleash Talent: Bringing Out the Best in Yourself and the Learners You Serve.” Check it out here on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. During these pandemic times, we need to ensure we do not lose …
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Together, But Not the Same I truly believe unity does not mean uniformity. This idea holds true in many areas of life, but in this post, I am referring to the idea of unity in schools. As we know from being educators, school leaders, or observers of the school system, a healthy and growing school …
The above idea is one of my favorite points in my book Unleash Talent. Thank you to Jamie Chernault for sharing her thoughts on this excerpt, and this image, on Twitter. We are not here on this world by accident. I truly believe that we were gifted with the world, and the world was gifted with each …
We as educators, family members, friends, and people, lead busy lives. Within the noise of our overbooked schedules, it is way too easy and natural to continue our path of mundane tasks that lead to stress and exhaustion. Some or most of these tasks may be a required part of our job. But, other habits …
For years, I thought self-care was a hobby, something that you did for yourself last. I envisioned self-care as a “nice to acquire collectible” that you wanted to have, but once you obtained it, you had no idea what to do with it or the purpose of it. So by default, you just pushed the item …
“As individuals, we know little. There’s not too much we can do about that’ there’s too much to know. Obviously we can learn some facts and theories, and we can develop skills. But we also have to learn how to make use of others’ knowledge and skills. In fact, that’s the key to success, …
When you become a school administrator, you can receive all the advice in the world, but nothing will equate to true experience in the field. Therefore, this list of 10 tips is not a full, comprehensive list, but more of a snapshot of thoughts and ideas that have benefited me as a fairly new administrator …
It feels surreal to write this post and to say, officially, that my book- Unleash Talent:Bringing Out the Best in Yourself and the Learners You Serve is released! It is available on Amazon on both paperback and Kindle. On Twitter this week, I shared this: In high school, on my bucket list for a school …
This week, Jon Harper had me on his podcast through BAM Education, My Bad. You can view Jon’s podcast website here. My podcast with Jon will be uploaded soon. During the podcast, we discussed the power self-doubt has to creep in and make us feel “less than” as educators. As Jon said to me after the podcast, …
We all know that building relationships is king in education. Without a relationship, your teaching is really not teaching at all. But, I have found that we often think we are building a relationship and a solid rapport with a student, when in reality, the student may not feel the same way. This is a …
