Our Creek Culture has three beliefs: Communicate, Collaborate, Celebrate. I have already written about the first two. Now it is time to talk about celebrate. This is the one we skip the most. The pace of school is fast. There is always another lesson, another email, another meeting. How often do we stop and notice … More The Power of Celebration
This year our district shared our “Creek Culture” document. Three simple beliefs: Communicate, Collaborate, Celebrate. Last time, I wrote about communication. Today it’s collaboration. The truth is, schools don’t work without it. None of us can do this job on our own. When we collaborate, kids benefit. When we don’t, they feel it right away. … More The Power of Collaboration
This year our district shared our “Creek Culture” document with everyone. It’s short. It’s simple. Three beliefs: Communicate, Collaborate, Celebrate. I’ll start with communication because, honestly, if we don’t get this right, the other two don’t mean much. Schools run on communication. With kids. With families. With each other. We’re in the communication business. Everything … More The Power of Communication
Most of you have heard the classic question: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound? Now, let’s apply that same thinking to education. Does teaching exist in the absence of learning? This question is at the heart of what we do … More Teaching and Learning
Carissa and I sat down this weekend to watch a movie after a long day of birthday celebrations for our oldest son, Andrew. We settled on Apollo 13 and one of my favorite scenes is the one I provided above. In the scene above, there was an oxygen tank explosion aboard Apollo 13 two days … More Square Peg, Round Hole
Each week I will try to share a Monday Memo that is meant to help get everyone in the right frame of mind for the coming week. Through this memo, I will share tips, strategies, thoughts and beliefs that I have about education and our job as educators. The following story came from the “Chicken … More Monday Memo: Dare to Dream
This weekend I ran a 10-mile race as part of the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon Miler Series. This was my third of three races preparing me for the mini-marathon in May. Each year, I try to relate my race experience to our jobs as educators. Over the last three years I have written about the … More Push Yourself
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