The Power of Connection
Summer is the time of year spent soaking up as much vitamin D as possible, reflecting on the last year, creating goals for the upcoming year, and for some people, …
How Are You Staying Connected?
When social distancing started I was overwhelmed looking at Twitter, so many creative teachers finding such unique ways to stay connected with their students. If I am sharing my true …
The Growth Mindset in Reality
My husband and I went into the idea of remote learning from a bit of a different perspective, with both of us working full time since the day our daughter …
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 …