Recently, while I was on Instagram, I saw this incredible image from the @biglifejournal that my sister-in-law posted, who is an outstanding Mom to an adorable and hilariously stubborn toddler named Westin- who also happens to be the love of my life, too. Although my sister-in-law posted this quote with the idea of how it …
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Recently, I received an email from one my awesome readers of this blog asking what advice I had for teachers who were aspiring to be assistant principals. He specifically asked: • Do you have any advice for a current teacher looking to make the move to the assistant principal? As a teacher, what can I …
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When I was a teacher, calling home for positive contact was THE priority at the start of the year. I knew that building the relationships with parents was just as important as building that bond with students. No one asked me to do this, but each year my goal was to call all parents of …
We as educators, family members, friends, and people, lead busy lives. Within the noise of our overbooked schedules, it is way too easy and natural to continue our path of mundane tasks that lead to stress and exhaustion. Some or most of these tasks may be a required part of our job. But, other habits …
For years, I thought self-care was a hobby, something that you did for yourself last. I envisioned self-care as a “nice to acquire collectible” that you wanted to have, but once you obtained it, you had no idea what to do with it or the purpose of it. So by default, you just pushed the item …
“As individuals, we know little. There’s not too much we can do about that’ there’s too much to know. Obviously we can learn some facts and theories, and we can develop skills. But we also have to learn how to make use of others’ knowledge and skills. In fact, that’s the key to success, …
This week, Jon Harper had me on his podcast through BAM Education, My Bad. You can view Jon’s podcast website here. My podcast with Jon will be uploaded soon. During the podcast, we discussed the power self-doubt has to creep in and make us feel “less than” as educators. As Jon said to me after the podcast, …
We all know that building relationships is king in education. Without a relationship, your teaching is really not teaching at all. But, I have found that we often think we are building a relationship and a solid rapport with a student, when in reality, the student may not feel the same way. This is a …
Today, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed, when I saw Tony Robbins say these words: “If I were to ask you what your X-Factor is, what would you tell me? What makes you UNIQUE? Why would I do business with you? What do YOU have to offer that others in your space can’t, don’t, …
“We’ve got to make sure that we’re ambassadors for education and that we’re talking about the significance of education. We’ve got to make sure that young people see that education is still relevant, still powerful, and still the key to their success.” -Baruti Kafele Let’s break this down further. Kafele mentions these three contributing factors …
