You will have to quarantine. For many educators, during the 2020-21 school year, these are the words we have lost sleep over, worried about hearing, and struggled to plan for when it does happen. While we are preparing lessons for our students who are at home learning, supporting our colleague’s classes while they are at … Continue reading Quarantine Routines: An Educator’s Guide to Surviving a Quarantine.
Happy New Year! I hope this reaches each of you enjoying the first few moments of 2021. For the past few years have challenged myself to make lists to start the new year: 20’20’ Questions That Will Enhance Your Life and Leadership. #UnConLeader 20’19’ Ways to Elevate Your Leadership This Year 20’18’ Ways to Start … Continue reading ’21’ Ways to Become More Resilient in 2021
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
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.
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
Drowning in post-it notes? Can’t seem to remember everything…or anything? Feeling lost and wanting a way to gain control back in your day? I am kind of fan of journalling, note-taking and flair pens. But recently I haven’t been feeling my system was working anymore and with so many projects coming due at the end … Continue reading Effective Note Taking #TimeSaverTuesday
How are you holding up? Okay, now tell me the truth. Educators are recalibrating training for a marathon that just turned into an ironman. We planned for temporary distance learning and for many we just found out that we are now adjusting to finish this school year from our home offices on the kitchen table, … Continue reading Lead by Example: Self Care, Educators and COVID-19.
Anyone waking up wondering what day of the week it is? Whatever day it is many of us are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and working more hours than we have ever had. My epic fail this week…..I forget to shower one day. Yup, I raced through Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting, making meals for my own … Continue reading Stopping the Sprint. Essential ways to slow down the pace of our day.
How are you today? Can I be honest? I am struggling. We are almost two weeks into this distance learning and the fatigue from going into this as a sprint instead of a marathon is causing me stress and distress. I am more tired, more anxious and certainly not as physically active as I was … Continue reading Building Blocks of an Ideal Week in Unusual Circumstances. #PrincipalinBalance #BLBS
Principal in Balance: Learning to Lead in Work and Life 