Winning and Losing
We often look at situations from a lens of winning versus losing. Negotiation experts often teach a win-win…
Tag: learning
Inherent Value
If a student is interested in learning something, there’s inherently a value in that. So many times we dismiss…
The #4OCF Challenge
Joining the Four O’Clock Faculty means going that extra mile to be sure that you are improving your own…
Sleeping & Learning
There is sleeping and there is learning. If you are not doing one, you should be doing the other.…
Prove Engagement
In education we need to worry less about proving that our students are learning and worry more about proving…
Educator Still
Today, I begin a new journey. Educator still, but a new role as Principal. I know that my past…
12 Month Human
As I saw my husband pull up in front of the Union Theological Seminary – I glanced back to…
Turning Mistakes Into Gold
We have heard a great deal about growth mindset and failing forward in education circles. It is important that…
Sometimes
Sometimes it seems like we are doing the right thing when we are actually doing the wrong thing. Sometimes…
Teaching Tasks
If we teach things without a clear why, what we are essentially doing is teaching tasks. For instance,…