Three things surprised me when I first became an assistant principal. My career transition felt like it happened literally overnight,...
It’s worth making time to find the things that really stir your soul. That’s what makes you feel really alive. You have to say no to...
I’m interested in the energy and power people exude, and only then am I interested in them. Does that make sense? Let me illustrate this....
As soon as I heard it, I knew exactly what was happening. There was the loud, low voice, with a thumping cadence. Behind it, a chorus of...
My eyes tracked the children and parents walking briskly in the crisp, cold air after the school dismissal bell rang. I couldn’t stop...
“I don’t ask for permission. I just ask for forgiveness later.” I can’t recall when I first heard that phrase, but I know it made an...
“As your supervisor, I give you permission to fail students if they do not meet course requirements for any given assignment.” Permission...
Have you ever worked in a school with a multi-purpose room? Was it some old classroom emptied by low enrollment, or a space jimmied into...
The alarm never actually went off in the morning. I would open my eyes a couple of minutes before the buzz, almost without fail....
I'm lucky - I usually have pretty good timing with things. It just so happened that back when I was a social studies teacher (grades 7-8)...
When I was in highschool, I remember one of my favorite social studies teachers, Mrs. Nancy Coates, talking about the art and science of...
