My Bleeding Heart
Last Friday I had the privilege of hosting an online administrator’s academy entitled, “Trauma Responsive Practices: Learning, Leading and Connected” with Stanley Leone and Bhavna Sharma-Lewis as facilitators. To say …
Happiness
It can be difficult in today’s society to say one is truly happy. With COVID-19, demanding daily schedules, society pressures, social media, work stress, finances….the list could go on and …
It Takes a Village
We all know the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child”. Well my child grew up and left home on Friday. No, not my biological child (she is …
Random Acts of Kindness
Did you know that yesterday was Random Acts of Kindness Day? I had no clue! I was on Twitter and started seeing post after post of #RandomActsOfKindnessDay. So being home …
The Field Museum’s Support of Education
This week’s post comes to you from Jay Shipinski. Jay is currently a Field Ambassador, teacher leader, and a member of the Field Museum’s teacher advisory council in addition to …
A Jimmy Fallon Special
Last Tuesday I had Lindsay Zilly, (@iCoachLindsay) Director of Professional Learning with the Illinois Digital Educators Alliance (@ideaillinois) to the Kane County Regional Office of Education. I had asked Lindsay …
The Coaching Confusion
Jane Kise, Elena Aguilar, Jim Knight, Diane Sweeney….all considered experts in their field, published authors, with different key ideas and visions for coaching. With so many various models available and …
Motivating Middle School Readers
This week’s post comes to you from Kim Hollis. Kim is a reading specialist for Geneva School District 304. I am thrilled to share Kim’s post with you, although I …
Are You at Risk??
Physically and mentally exhausted, disheveled, overwhelmed…..these are the adjectives I would use to describe how I typically feel at the end of facilitating an Administrator’s Academy or workshop. After countless …
Parent Teacher Conferences
It’s November, which for many of us, indicates that it is time for Parent Teacher Conferences. Early in my career I dreaded parent teacher conferences. I collected student work samples, …