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On Humility and Confidence
In the article, “Think You’re Wise in Your Own Eyes? 4 Steps to Develop Leadership Humility,” they discuss the importance of humility in leadership. The article starts with these thoughts: Leaders who...
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The “Un-Bucket List”
In the post, “The Most Surprising Thing that Came from NOT Achieving My Dreams” via Marc and Angel, they share this idea of an “Unbucket List.” I had never heard of that until now, and it was an...
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Breaks Are Good
Many educators across North America are either about to go on break or are already on their summer break. I don’t know if the term “break” is accurate (I saw someone refer to it as “recovery”)...
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Knowing Your Students As Individuals to Help Them Grow Forward
Elisabeth Bostwick, author of “Take the LEAP; Ignite a Culture of Innovation,” recently shared this post on “behavior charts.” She opens her post with the following: Early on in my career, I didn’t...
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“I’m glad you’re here.”
This tweet: This tweet is enough for an entire blog…It is a good reminder for working not only with students but adults as well. But also this tweet. That’s the entire post. A reminder so much can be...
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The Importance of Gratitude
The article, “The Most Important Way To Measure Your Day” by Tim Denning, focuses on two simple questions as a way to measure a successful day: 1. Did I learn one new thing today? 2. Did I help or...
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Embrace Humanness
In my upcoming book, “Innovate Inside the Box“: Our imperfections and failures are often what make us relatable to our students and the people with whom we work. As my good friend and brilliant...
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Hopes for School
My daughter Kallea is almost three, and being a father has been the greatest blessing of my life. Being a dad is tough, and I feel like I have been crying non-stop for three years with either sad or...
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The Best Part of Someone’s Day
I was at the drive-thru for Panera the other day, and I am exhausted. I have had a long day and am at the “hangry” stage where I am grumpy from being hungry. I order a sandwich and soup, and my...
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The Difference You Make
In the article, “6 Powerful Ways to Turn Setbacks Into Opportunities” by Cindy Lamothe, I was struck by the following part: Self-confidence takes the biggest hit after a setback, but there’s a way of...
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The Gifts of Each and Every Child
As a child, I did not read much. I definitely did not read for pleasure, but I read because I had to. Part of the reason I didn’t enjoy reading was that I was continuously asked to read books in which...
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Learning from What Doesn’t Work for Students
One of the blessings of my work is that I work with so many different schools and districts that I can garner so many great ideas from their learning and leadership. Recently, one of these school...
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Developing Wisdom in the Service of Learners
This quote from Barry Schwartz always makes me think: Rules and incentives may improve the behavior of those who don’t care, though they won’t make them wiser. But in focusing on the people who don’t...
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Big Impact from the Smallest Interactions
I was listening to a student who had struggled in school share an important story. She shared that every single day she was in school, a teacher, who had never taught her at any point in her academic...
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4 Ideas That May Help When Moving to a New School or District
The school year is about to start, and for many people, they are not only starting a new year but could be in a new position and/or with a new organization. This can be a nerve-wracking process, but...
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The Importance of “Belief”
I wrote this in 2014: Belief. I have always believed the importance of relationships and how they are foundation of a great school, classroom, or organization, but having “belief” in every student you...
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By Lifting Others
I found this old tweet Today is the 5 year anniversary of my dad passing away. This morning, I received three messages from people I don’t know, thanking me for things that I have done. They had no...
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Maintaining “First-Day” Excitement
All over Canada, and at many schools in North America, today is the first day of school. Doing the work that I do today, I did not realize that until I opened up Facebook this morning and was hit by a...
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Bringing Out the Gifts and Talents of Every Child
This is from Sanée Bell’s fantastic book, “Be Excellent on Purpose; Intentional Strategies for Impactful Leadership“: Students should have rich, relevant, and authentic experiences at school, across...
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The Importance of the Reciprocated Relationship in Education
I encourage you to watch this video from Edutopia on the importance of relationships for learning: “Emotion and learning are completely connected.” Research shows that students who feel safe and...
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