Our thoughts, words, and actions are powerful tools in building relationships, establishing trust and communicating messages in all aspects of our lives. When we use these well, it works. When we don’t, things can fall apart (including us). How we think about things really matters in how we communicate and it starts well before the … Continue reading Expect the Best. Reframing and Recalibrating Relationships.
My blog usually starts with “how are you?” but today I thought I would just show you how I was feeling this week: I started to feel ashamed early in the week: one of the student videos I recorded and loaded didn’t have sound. I was almost late getting Isaiah from soccer. My to do … Continue reading There is no room for shame in this season.
How are you doing? No, really? Answer that question like you mean it, not like you are answering it for the person you just ran into at the grocery store. It is August 2020 and if you are an educator, a parent, a caregiver, a daycare provider, an essential work, a human…this is a challenging … Continue reading Reprieve Not Retreat
2020 has proven to be unexpected in many ways. In education for every challenge teachers, school leaders, students, and families have found opportunities to change, improve and innovate systems and processes in matters of minutes and days. As we are approaching a start to the school year like we have never experienced before we have … Continue reading Leaning Into and Leveraging Family Support. Finding unconventional ways to make meaningful connections.
Do you even want me to ask? I will anyway: How are you? No really? Can I be honest…I am worried. I am seeing my feed, and those close to me really struggling. Trying to juggle it all, with so much unknown is a challenge in this season. And it is summer, a time usually … Continue reading Grounding in Grace.
Hey there, remember me? Honestly I don’t fully recognize myself right now either. What a marathon we just went through. From flipping how we teach and lead, to navigating conversations and learning around racial equity and social justice there has been a lot to do, a lot to reflect on….and truthfully-more to come. This summer … Continue reading Finding Your Why Before Your Way: Setting Vision and Creating Missions.
Have you ever gone onto Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, or another app to check just one thing, and then realized thirty minutes have gone by? Now without the routine of facing kids in the classroom, we may unintentionally make more time for surfing and grazing but not intentionally engaging. The internet and social media can be … Continue reading Stop Surfing Social Media #TimeSaverTuesday
I love SPAM. No seriously, I live in Austin Minnesota, the home of the fantastic canned meat product. While writing this post I am wearing one of four (yes four) SPAM t-shirts I own. But today’s post is about a different type of spam-the one in your inbox. I am not sure if it was … Continue reading Taming Your InBox #TimeSaverTuesday.
Finding Time for Rest During COVID-19 Featured in the SavED by Grace blog from the Christian Educator Association International. Finding Time for Rest During COVID-19 By Jessica Cabeen For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. … Continue reading Finding Time for Rest During COVID-19. CEAI
How are you holding up? No really? While the news talks about the peaks of COVID-19, I continue to reflect on the different peaks of emotions of stakeholders. Peaks of emotions for our graduating seniors, peaks for teachers, peaks for parents, and peaks for our administrators. Along with these peaks comes triggers, it might be … Continue reading Learning to Let Things Go on Social Media.
Principal in Balance: Learning to Lead in Work and Life 