Shared in our June 2021 Newsletter. Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Hi. How are you all? Flourishing? Languishing? In the In-Between Times? I’m . . . all of the above. But what I’m NOT…
After many fits and spurts (have you ever tried revising 80,000 words you wrote almost a decade ago?!?), I’m pleased to announce that The Together Teacher 2nd Edition is at the printer! I mean, is that an actual place?! I have no idea, but…
How’s that for some course feedback?! I’m now 15 months into delivering online Together Trainings, and a theme is emerging in the feedback around community-building, engagement, and accountability. Hoping that what I share here can help you…
As soon as the stick punctured R’s calf, I knew it would be a long night. The kids were happily skipping along a side street in Woodley Park en route to an evening of ice cream with my partner and his two children, when BOOM!, our plan was foiled…
Shared in our May 2021 Newsletter. Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!I swear, I had a lovely May note planned for you all, possibly using this nifty gadget (Thanks, SLK!). Alas, I…
Shared in our April 2021 Newsletter. Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, A text exchange between me and my college bestie broke my heart in two last week. Witnessing her strength for her three young kids, her huge job, and her…
Getting ready to take a bit of a break this week, I caught myself staring at my thrown-together heap of clothing, aka my Pre-Packing Pile, and realized I’m a tiny bit of a procrastinator. It is rare that I start a task and complete it in one…
We’ve written about open door policies here and here, and they’ve come back up to the surface as many of our schools continue in-person and in-office work. Mariama K., a school leader at Uplift Education in Dallas, shared her school’s shift…
Our Together Team Member courses welcome a wonderful mix of folks in customer-service oriented support roles. This means we meet assistants, chiefs of staff, IT associates, HR coordinators, social workers, and, in a recent course, a SCHOOL NURSE. I…
Shared in our March 2021 Newsletter. Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, So apparently there is this thing called TikTok that I just discovered. Have you heard of it? I kid, I kid. (Though I have tried to convince my children…