I can still remember the year that Mitt Price, my principal, offered to send me to TCEA as a 4th-grade teacher, as a “reward” for all that I was doing on and for our campus, a Technology Magnet Center. As a Technology Facilitator, I loved attending and presenting with some pretty awesome friends on a […]
#TCEA 2018, you’re all grown up! Links to presentations & epiphanies shared! Read More »
Recently my oldest, my beast, turned 16. 16, ya’ll. That’s OLD! That’s driving age, thinking about college age, preparing to be all grown up age. When I think back to who I was, or thought I was going to be at 16, I don’t know that I had any concept of the life I had
Letters to the Beast…or what I wish I knew at 16… Read More »
We’re all feeling the blahness here in Texas…multiple weeks of cold weather…we just can’t handle it! Spring break is HOW many weeks away?? HOW many assessments do we have coming up? We like to joke that October and February are like the armpits of the school year. Not a lot to look forward to, but
Motivating staff in the winter doldrums! #FabFridays for 2018! Read More »
Having a beast that just turned 16 means I get to engage in all of the driver centered conversations. It’s “When can I, where can I, how can I” for #allthethings. I’m watching friend after friend post pictures of permits, of licenses, of cars. (Parent pressure, yeesh.) It’s not a decision that we’re rushing into
Educating vs scaring…which social media route do you take? Read More »
I came across a teachers bucket list on IG by @PrestoPlans and knew I wanted to do one! Several of the ideas would have translated into my admin shoes…but then I decided to make an ADMIN version! Of course, as I sat staring at the page…I realized I wanted MORE! (Please see the previous blog! ha!)
a Principal’s Bucket List…great ideas from other principals! #bucketlist #2018 Read More »
The world is awash with words, goals, and plans for the blank slate of 2018 that we all have ahead of us. I’ve blogged before about my goals, my reflections, and upcoming matters at hand (2016, 2015, 2104, 2012) and why should this year be any different? Considering that I don’t wear the same outfit twice in a season,
#oneword2018 …but why pick just one? Read More »
Question: As leaders, does one have to balance the gestures of kindness or acts of goodwill because of not being able to do it for everyone? Example: Student A is ill and misses a school event, and you are made aware of the illness/student sadness. Do you respond, reach out, & **insert kind gesture here**…for student
Complication of Kindness…is that a thing? Read More »
Every day we are presented opportunities to say thank you. From a door being opened to the gift of a chipper coworker who lifts our spirits…this is a season of opportunities to be thankful and to say thank you. There is also scientific evidence that expressing genuine gratitude on a daily basis can improve physical
Why is appreciation so hard? Don’t let the Grinch get a’hold of you! Read More »
We all know that it takes a partnership between home and school to foster the kind of connections and growth we strive for as educators. When you have those kinds of quality relationships, it opens the door for parents to support the academic standards as well as the socioemotional ones. I meet with a group
Involving Parents in your Academic Standard Read More »
When we allow the different… we let students feel successful in nontraditional ways. we present a different perspective of what principals are like or what they do. those who felt unloved, feel loved. we skip whats best for all, and focus on whats best for the individual. we let go of what’s always been done,
When we allow the different… Read More »