CRAFT a Need-Satisfying Classroom
Ryan was one of “those” students. He seemed to think he was in charge of the classroom. He was the one who decided when the whole class would laugh, when […]
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Is “build capacity” inadvertently insulting to teachers?
I don’t get it when educational leaders say, “I want to build the capacity of my teachers”. Maybe it is just my bias against trendy educational phrases. I fear they
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The Principal I Aspire to Be
I am reading Teach Like a PIRATE by Dave Burgess. In the book, Dave includes a fictional reflection from a student that serves as a vision for how he wants students
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Why My Blog is Named After John Cusack
“When love feels like magic, it is called destiny; when destiny has a sense of humor, it is serendipity.” -from Serendipity, a 2001 John Cusack movie Who doesn’t love John
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The Value of Being Silly
The other day I was conducting mock interviews with student teachers at a local college. The last young lady I interviewed said something that surprised me. Me: What are the
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A Principal’s Spring Break Message to Staff
August 2014, three teachers stood in the rotunda of Quincy Elementary , holding a sign that said, “Congratulations! Welcome to the Q…”. It was surreal, I was not sure what
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What Is Your Top Ten?
“If they don’t stand for something, they will fall for anything.” -Gordon A. Eadie What do you stand for? Who are you as an educator? I have been working with
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How I Avoided the Chopping Block my First Year of Teaching
I stunk it UP my first year of teaching! I mean that I was so bad that there was talk of not having me back for a second year. I
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What Would Lucille Ball Do?
What’s that quote…something about only regretting the things you don’t do? Let’s go with a quote from Lucille Ball, who said, “I’d rather regret the things I have done than
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Let’s Be Candid, Important Work Is NOT Always Pretty
This morning I listened to a thought-provoking podcast on BAM Radio Network with Ben Gilpin (@benjamingilpin) and Brad Gustafson (@GustafsonBrad). They interviewed Starr Sackstein (@mssackstein) about a blog post she
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