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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If I am being chased…I best hide
Running has taught me a lot of things…one is that if I am being chased, I best find a hiding spot. I started running about seven years ago and I
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So I Am Having a Bad Hair Day?
I tried out quite a few different types of jobs after high school as I figured what I didn’t want to be when I grew up. Before I discovered that
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