Many Points

I have been on summer break for 2 weeks now, and without a post since February!  What happened? All I can say is, do not wait for the perfect time.  My plan was to write again over our spring break in March, when our campus was devastated by the sudden death of one of our Assistant Principals.  A coronary aneurysm burst the Friday we started spring break, and he died the next Friday.  He put up a valiant fight.  He surprised his doctors, his family, but in the end the damage was too great and he could not go on.  I could not write, and it is still hard.  I cannot imagine what it has been like for his family. Once, year 2 in my career (over 30 years ago), a coworker told me to take time when I needed to take it, that I (nor anyone for that matter) was not that singularly important to the running of the school.  She had me imagine a bucket of water, put my fist in, pull it out, and tell her about the hole that remained.  Of course, there is...

As teachers, we are required to develop professionally.  Seems a bit funny, I would think that as a teacher one would want to keep learning, growing, developing.  I teach because I love to learn, anything. In 2010, I became a Quantum Learning facilitator in the school district where I work.  I love Quantum Learning, a system designed to help me as a teacher use what I know to be a more connected, more effective teacher.  I get to help other teachers become better teachers!  Not only do I get to model for other teachers, I get to embody more and more all that I love about teaching.  It is amazing!  And the more I learn, the more I want to learn! I just finished four amazing days presenting with four wonderful educators,  I just finished four amazing days with over 100 incredible classroom teachers who are dedicated to improving their teaching, their students' learning, and really, the world. In public education, we are charged with the educa...