Whether you’re straight out of college or graduate school, or shifting to a different district, it’s that time of year again: interview time. A recent conversation with Alexa M., a soon-to-be-principal in Denver, got me thinking about how to demonstrate Togetherness...
Happppppy Teacher Appreciation Week! I was recently prowling around a few great DC area schools and stumbled upon the rolling cart of goodness below. Hmmmm. . . I wondered, what could be inside?!? Stacie K., the principal, explained it was for Teacher Appreciation...
Remember Keith? Of rubberband fame and fortune? I saw him a few weeks ago in Boston. While he gives full credit for rubberband genius to his entire school team, it’s worth noting that he’s also made remarkable personal growth in his transition from Assistant to Full...
Let’s talk about my relationship with exercise. I don’t have one. I tell myself this is because I don’t have time, but that’s not true. If the President of the United States can exercise on a daily basis, then I really have zero excuses. Knowing I would be tracking my...
Back to my self-experiment. You read about my big confession here. But I won’t be too hard on myself because I also noticed I’ve still done a decent job of managing both my energy and cognitive bandwidth. Positive Reminder: Here’s what worked for me: I tried to do the...
