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The Committee on Committees
Good morning. Thank you for agreeing to serve on the Committee on Committees. While you were voluntold to participate, we thank you for agreeing and appreciate your participation. Our…
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Parent Teacher Conferences
The Parent-Teacher Conference is one of our biggest opportunities as educators, and unfortunately also one of our most squandered. I’ve seen both teachers and parents who treat parent conferences…
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Other People’s Songs
I was recently listening to a podcast with James Hetfield, the lead singer from Metallica. When asked about how the band has remained true to their voice, James shared…
The Power of AND
The following is an excerpt from The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients for Exceptional Teaching The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.Michael Altschuler…
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Problems That Don’t Exist
What could happen? What might happen? What if...? How will I...? We spend a great deal of time worrying about problems that don’t exist. That time spent worrying is…
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Interesting Problems versus Right Answers
Every educator needs to listen to this podcast. Seth Godin talks about why students need to solve interesting problems, and addresses how we should find those interesting problems. …
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Living Life.
It’s not about the pretense of documenting your life and making it look pretty. It’s about taking the life that can sometimes be ugly and living it to the…
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Purpose Before Pancakes
This past week, my second book, The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients to Exceptional Teaching was released. One of the things that I always struggle with in my writing process is finding…