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Lost and Found
The pile grows bigger each day. Sweatshirts. Jackets. Hats. Somehow, a random pair of shorts. If you ask anyone who's lost a sweatshirt, it's always described as "navy blue"…
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Problem or Situation?
I’m currently reading Seth Godin’s new book The Knot: Problems Can Be Solved. An early takeaway in the book is how Godin established the difference between a problem and…
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Principal School
They never taught me this in Principal School. It's a statement that I jokingly add any time I'm dealing with something unexpected. A child's glasses flushed down the toilet.…
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Break the Cycle: Why You Need an Out of Office (OOO) Reply
All of the hours bleed together. It’s 9pm on a Friday night, and you receive an email from a stressed parent. Nothing is able to happen until Monday morning,…
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Off Script
Teaching can be a funny thing. You’ll prepare and over prepare. You’ll spend hours on the lesson plan, the activities, and the assessments. You’ll sit with the student with…
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Be Gone by 4:01: How to Leave School at School
It’s 4:01pm and you should have already been on your way to your car. The day ended about 25 minutes ago, and somehow, you are still sitting at your…
