Two of my favorite thinking sources came together this week- in thoughts on leadership… what could be better?! The two resources: I started listening to Episode 298 of “We Can Do Hard Things” mostly because Abby was going to talk about being a Bonus Parent- a step-parent. It’s one of my roles, and I knew…
I am both eager and nervous to delve more deeply into leadership. Leadership starts everything- and it has the power to slow- or end- everything. Elephants provide an elegant example. They are powerful animals who lead with love and grace and wisdom and play. They lead with cooperation rather than hierarchy. In another version of…
This is a tough time of year for me. The dates carry a lot of loss. They carry gratitude and joy and love for those who cannot meet me for coffee. And the dates carry losses that can feel weighty and hard to see through. But, along with the stuff of life, we teachers must…
We can easily forget that kids are kids, that kids are people. Our minds see lessons that must be planned and tests that must be graded instead of humans. Well, kids are kids, and, at our best, we are kids too. And, for kids, for us, there is nothing like 10 minutes of fresh air…