October 2019 – 4 O'Clock Faculty

Good morning. Thank you for agreeing to serve on the Committee on Committees. While you were voluntold to participate,…

There is always a lot of chatter about whether the arts are important. The arts are all the ways…

Artists are explorers. They look for new ways of making, of seeing, of being. Artists are connectors. Their…

The Parent-Teacher Conference is one of our biggest opportunities as educators, and unfortunately also one of our most squandered….

I was recently leaving my building for a District meeting. On my way out of the building, a student…

When I was a student teacher, some twenty odd years ago, One of the teachers I was working with…

I was recently listening to a podcast with James Hetfield, the lead singer from Metallica. When asked about how…

This week, you’ll notice a slight change to the frequency of posts at Four O’Clock Faculty. Starting today, you’ll…

In his most recent book, Keep Going, Austin Kleon defines success as having his days look the way he…

The following is an excerpt from The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients for Exceptional Teaching The bad news is…