I only invite guest posts around here if I am positive it will add value to my Together readers. You all know I believe sustainability in your roles matters a ton. And your jobs are STRESSFUL. We have discussed how to manage that a bit here and here. Well, meet Marin...
An Excel-lent Together Leader System
On a recent hang in Houston, I re-met Together Tribe member Chris F., a Dean at Relay Graduate School of Education. Chris is a digital loyalist, and I spied this amazing Excel sheet over his shoulder. Chris uses Excel as his main Together Tool because, “Several years...
I’m Back! With Some Together Middle Schoolers!
Ahem, ahem. . . Are you guys out there? Or maybe you’re wondering if I fell off the face of the earth myself? It’s been A MONTH—In both good ways (travel and trainings) and less predictable ones (five disrupted school days due to snow “events” and my daughter had a...
The 2017 Together Gift Guide
Togetherness: Part efficiency, part self-care, part productivity, and part paper-sorting. That said, here is our list of favorites from 2017 to help anyone in your life (teachers, colleagues, and heck, even spouses!) get it Together! As someone who FULLY PILLAGES her...
Together Talks: Kahlmus Eatman, Senior Director of Operations
It’s time for another Together Talk! So far, you’ve met a district superintendent and a principal turned doctoral student. And today I’m featuring someone from the non-instructional side of the house — Kahlmus E., the Senior Director of Operations for Aspire Public...
Together Talks: Alison Welcher, From Principal to PhD
It’s time for another Togetherness Talk. Last time you met a district superintendent. This time I’ve got another person from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system I’ve long admired – first as a principal and now in her current role as a first-year doctoral candidate...
From Teacher to TOGETHER Teacher
The how-not-to-start-a-business post turned out to be very popular, and I am now fielding lots of questions like, “How did you go from being a teacher to leading PD for teachers and leaders?” The headline answer: by accident and also very carefully. Let me first be...
Four Unintended Consequences of Togetherness Trainings
Last week, I had the good fortune to share a train ride from NYC to DC with my friend, fellow educator, and former colleague, Kathleen Porter-Magee. If you don’t know what Kathleen is up to in the world of Catholic education, read more here. After a day of training in...
Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency: Thank You Notes to Students
If you are like most teachers I know, I bet you received a bunch of creative, thoughtful and downright strange holiday gifts from your students. If you are like one teacher who lives in my home (ahem), they may still be sitting next to your desk (after your wife...
Student Checklists for the Elementary Set
Now that I’m the parent of an elementary school student, I’m always on the lookout for ways to help my five-year-old with her own Togetherness — otherwise known as executive functioning. My brilliant friend, Analisa B., recently described the challenge she faced,...