May is Mental Health Awareness month. As I was writing this, the following article literally popped into my email: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/live-life-creatively/202205/mental-health-awareness-month-myths It’s a good read. But here is why I think it is important - Two weeks ago a 7th grade boy brought a gun to school and shot himself in the bathroom during the school …
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What does this look like now?
Recently, I started to feed my curiosity by learning what others believe will be the lasting impact of the pandemic on schools. Below are a few articles I found interesting. Analysis from the 74million.org Article from thejournal.comArticle from edsurge.comArticle from the Washington Post Disruption is often the catalyst for change. Let’s see what we learned from …
The “Perfect” School
Years ago, when I was participating in an aspiring superintendent program, I read The Perfect School. While the specific content is a little fuzzy for me today, the title has stuck with me. In fact, it has remained at the center of my thoughts ever since. The dialogue in my head--whether it be about …
Priorities
In my current position, I spend a lot of my time learning about new initiatives, frameworks, and methods so that I can lead, serve or help connect other school personnel to resources that enable them to do the same. Recently, while “unpacking” some of these, I was asked what my “recipe” for school leadership was. …