The @DavidGeurin Blog

When I think about the times in my life I've grown the most or taken next steps or had breakthrough experiences, they almost always hap...

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 Once I was working with an entire class of freshmen at the beginning of a school year, and one of the kids made so...

This past weekend I watched the movie  It's a Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood for the second time. Like many educators, I'm a ...

Share this article Creating stronger connections with your students doesn't require grand gestures. But it does require some inte...

No one is perfect. Not one of us. But if we're not careful, we can fall into the trap of thinking we have to act perfect .   I find...

We all see things differently. That's something I continue to learn as an educator and in every other area of life too. I used to get...

Whether you're a teacher or a principal, or have another role as an educator, you probably have interactions on a daily basis that in...

I recently finished reading A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix by by Edwin Friedman . The author shared a number ...

Students who are in trouble almost always have a good reason for why they did what they did. Sometimes a student will admit fault and tak...

It's been great to see all the posts today for #WorldKindnessDay . It got me thinking about what it means to be kind. I think there ar...

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

Implementing a program or procedure can result in a certain level of success. But "implementing work" will never achieve the va...

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

Earlier this week, I was speaking at What Great Educators Do Differently in Houston. It was a fantastic event with a great lineup of insp...

Is it more professional to teach in a traditional manner, the way you remember your teachers teaching you?  Or, is it more profession...