Artists Are
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Artists Are

  Artists are explorers. They look for new ways of making, of seeing, of being.   Artists are connectors. Their art helps them connect to themselves, their peers, their community…
Everyone.
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Everyone.

  I was recently leaving my building for a District meeting. On my way out of the building, a student stopped me and asked where I was going. I told…
Success
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Success

  In his most recent book, Keep Going, Austin Kleon defines success as having his days look the way he wants them to.  I love this definition and have been…
Problems That Don’t Exist
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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…
Living Life.
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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…
Opening Week Exhaustion
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Opening Week Exhaustion

  It’s Friday afternoon as I write this and I’m physically and emotionally drained. Opening week exhaustion. A school holiday, followed by staff returning, an opening half day for students,…
Bad Days
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Bad Days

  I know that each day won’t go perfectly. I know that there will be days this coming school year that will be hard, challenging and even bad. Students will…
Authenticity
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Authenticity

  It’s the first day of school, and everyone is at their shiny, happy best.  Everyone is trying to impress. Students, teachers, parents, administrators.  More important than the team building…
Rules
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Rules

  I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.-Eddie Vedder   Chances are that if your classroom is focused on compliance through a list of rules,…