Plus-One
I have a confession to make. Sometimes what I think I am saying is not what people hear and sometimes I write emails that are misconstrued. We live in a […]
Leading in the Gray Zone
Sometimes there is black and white in leadership. But, where does true leadership live? Looking at leadership in terms of three zones has been helpful for me as I work
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Here’s a Hug for YOU!
One of my main missions in life is to lighten the burdens of everyone I meet. Life is so very hard at times for every single one of us. If
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The “Shake your Fanny” Pack
One day last fall as we were driving to school listening to a morning radio show, we learned about something that would transform my principalship in the most amazing ways.
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Mixed feelings about the end of summer are absolutely okay.
In our neck of the woods, the new school year is about to start. For some, it starts tomorrow. For others, it starts within a week or two. For everyone
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“Sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness”
The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;   though sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its
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Why I Tribe.
I was taking a walk on the beach the other day with a good friend who is not an educator. As I was sharing about exciting things coming up in
We need to listen to our babes.
My son has more compassion in his little pinky than I have in my whole being. We went to church this morning, which, unfortunately, happens way too infrequently. The sermon
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Love and Light and #NPC18
I was really nervous and woke up super early the day #NPC18 began. I traveled to Chicago by car because it is just a three-hour drive from my house, and
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Teachers Deserve Good Teachers Too.
I can barely sleep the night before any time I get with my school staff. The minutes we have together are so few and so precious, and I want them
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