Bounded Flexibility

Bounded Flexibility

  Freedom and flexibility often scare teachers. It’s the fear that freedom equals chaos. WL Gore, the manufacturing company behind Gore-Tex, promotes the idea of bounded flexibility, freedom within constraints.…
Decide What’s Important

Decide What’s Important

  As educators, we recognize the amount of tasks that come across our desks each day, not to mention the number of decisions that we must make on a regular…
Needs

Needs

  This school year, recognize everyone’s needs.   Recognize your own needs. Recognize the needs of each individual student. Recognize that needs can change from day to day. Dig into…
It’s You!

It’s You!

  At first, I assumed that others would take responsibility to help me learn. I assumed that those who hired me were in the best position, and were engaged in…