Time’s Paradox
When I received my Triple Negative Breast Cancer diagnosis on November 8, 2022 I was in the midst of scrambling through the diagnostic gymnastics
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EQ Cafe: Purpose 2022
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Learning-Oriented Leadership Model (Drago-Severson)
This post is in response to a friend’s question about getting some easy-to-digest information about the learning-oriented leadership model. Drago-Severson, E. (2008). 4 practices
Gifts from the universe
The treasures hidden from plain view are within reach. Here in New York, they seem to be placed carefully and rather blatantly along the
A conversation between two teachers (IM)
Teacher 1: hey Teacher 2! Teacher 2: hey! Teacher 1: teaching my first class in 2 hours. Got any advice? Teacher 2: wow! don’t
Differentiating the high school classroom teacher: My own individualized learning plan of sorts
This is me giving myself that look: “Really?” Blogging again when you have two other concrete “actual” things to accomplish in the next 30
A man of character
Loss, sadness, grief even. Those feelings engulfed me yesterday morning, spurred by the news my iPhone sent through my earbuds and into my internal
When you leave teaching…
When you leave teaching, beware. You are more powerful, capable, and resourceful than you could have ever imagined possible. Though we endeavor every day
Turtle Metaphor
I wonder on days like today just how much capacity human beings have. I think we see ourselves, our abilities, and our output as
Happy Inspired Birthday to Me–Thank You Chicago Public Schools
I am so inspired by Nancy Slavin who is part of the Chicago Public Schools HR Department. She is so good and doing such
The Wire
The Wire, in my view, is the Invisible Man of our times—a story whose characters both symbolize and actually live at the fraying edges
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