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Share this article Like many of you, I've had so much on my mind lately. I have several blog posts upcoming that will express m...

Share this article We recently had a full PD Day for teachers in our building and wanted to do something special to start off the d...

I recently finished reading Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool . One of the things in t...

Growth requires change. And it also requires doing some things that aren't comfortable. We all have thought-patterns and beliefs that...

In my previous post , I wrote how failure is not the enemy of improvement. Failure is actually a healthy part of learning and growth. The...

Did you learn things in your first year of teaching you knew you needed to do differently? Of course you did. If you could do year o...

In this instant everything world we live in, it seems like life is moving faster than ever. It's a text, tweet, Tic-Tok world for...

Earlier this summer our district leadership team spent a day of training together around the Clifton Strengths Assessment . It was really...

Earlier this month, Dave Burgess shared a great tweet of a slide from Amy Fast's presentation at What Great Educators Do Differen...

The answer to the question seems obvious, don't you think? Of course, educators should be lifelong learners.  But I recently heard ...

Shouldn't teaching be a creative profession? In my mind, most every profession should have opportunities for creativity. I think huma...

Your lessons matter. Your strategies matter. Your relationships matter. Lots of other things matter too. Some of these things are in your...

Here's a reflective question to ask yourself when you're making decisions about your priorities: What would happen if you weren...

Last Christmas, we decided to add a new Boston Terrier puppy to our family. His name is Rudy. There have been many times over the past mo...

Reflection is important for growth. But we have to be intentional about it. Our reflection is meaningless unless we do something with it....