Monday, July 21, 2014. Last week my husband and I were blessed to be able to escape to Cabo for a week. When we walked by others, eye contact was made, greetings exchanged, and conversations took place amongst perfect strangers. Other than the beautiful scenery, what brought us together? Post on a more consistent basis from this poin.

ComPassion Based Learning takes the concepts of, Passion Based Learning, 20-time, or genius hour and empowering students to make a positive contribution to the community through their passion. Please Share My Passion For Education! Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

This blog provides my views on educational leadership, effective technology integration, innovation, and creating a student-centered learning culture. Sunday, March 25, 2018. The Journey to Becoming an Author. I never imagined I would have authored or co-authored a book, let alone six. My unexpected journey began with a decision to give Twitter a try. Asking if I would be interested in co-authoring a book with him and Jason Ramsden.

Thoughts about education, being a granna, and life. This is the first Saturday in awhile to be able to relax and just catch up on life. Up early, out the vacuum came, a quick bowl of cereal, updating a few post and ran across an email that spoke to me. Time is healing my heart. Settling down away from th.

Thoughts from a K-12 curriculum supervisor. Bashing the teacher, on both a personal and professional level. Formally, deciding what the punishment should be, based on district policy. Informally, deciding how they are going to get even with the teacher. Discussing how they can get the post taken down. Discussing who should be the one to confront the teacher about the post.

5 Things We Have to Stop Pretending. We have to stop pretending that. Student engagement means students are sitting quietly and making eye contact with the teacher. Classrooms need to have four walls, desks in rows, and textbooks for each subject.

Views are my own and evolve with personal reflections as a Middle School Principal and former Director of Special Education, K-12. Saturday, August 15, 2015. Back to School Pep Talk. Many of them have already been in to prepare classrooms, finish up summer curriculum, and provide input into some district committee work. Earlier this summer, I read an awesome piece by Kari Kampakis.

Educational Musings on my life as a Teacher, Learner, and Leader. Saturday, August 15, 2015. Thank God I have a calling to the greatest profession of all! I must be vigilant every day, lest I lose one fragile opportunity to improve tomorrow. A recent post written by Ben Gilpin. Part of my initial motivation for writing to James was to cheer him up.

Be the Change You Wish to See in the World - Mahatma Gandhi. The World is Full of Average. I Still Want To Be Inspired.

Saturday, August 8, 2015. Lessons From Summer Vacation 2015. How? Risk-taking has made me embrace failure and learning experiences more.