Time to Prepare
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Time to Prepare

  While we don’t want to think about the likelihood, it might be a distinct possibility that we begin the 2020-2021 school year in remote learning. And if we do,…
Listen
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Listen

In any interaction, we may not know what burden another person is carrying.We should try to understand where the other person is coming from.It is difficult because we can never…
Action
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Action

  The change isn’t going to happen overnight. It will happen the next time each of us stands up to racism. It will happen the next time a police officer…
Continue
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Continue

  It's hard to know exactly what to say, but I know that I must stand up and say something. My privilege requires it. We are broken. We’ve always been…
September?
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September?

  One question keeps coming up over and over again: Will we be back in September?   Right now, schools are planning for two contingencies. One in which we return…
Design Your Own PD
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Design Your Own PD

  For years, we have heard the complaints. Not enough....Too much....It could have used some....I could have done without .... Each of us serves as an Expert on PD. Simply…
Hope, Love, and Gratitude
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Hope, Love, and Gratitude

  Standing in the parking lot of school, I watched as cars approached, and parents got out to retrieve their children’s materials which were thrown into bags after sitting unattended…
When we get back…
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When we get back…

  When we get back, may we never take those face to face conversations for granted again. Now we know even more about the power of connecting and building relationships.…
The Greatest Teachers I’ve Known
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The Greatest Teachers I’ve Known

  The greatest teachers I’ve known have always shared one common characteristic. Passion. Passion for teaching.Passion for learning.Passion for their subjects.Passion for their students.Passion for their colleagues.Passion for life. They’ve…
Interview Tip #5
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Interview Tip #5

  As an administrator for several years, I have sat through my fair share of interviews on both sides of the table. I once sat through well over a hundred…