I am the ultimate people pleaser, so when I discuss boundaries it comes from a place of knowing what it's like to disregard your own...

I am confident in saying that most educators remember their first year of teaching, or at least remember parts of it in the blur that it...

One of the concepts I’ve been the most interested in since the pandemic started is why some educators are surviving or even thriving and...

It can be a bit overwhelming with all the “you shoulds” right now. You should be working online, offline, harder, smarter, on technology,...

When I work with districts in virtual learning and setting up virtual environments, one of the areas that is often overlooked is the...

Because it’s the beginning of the new year I have been watching everyone put out tweets and posts about New Year’s resolutions and...

One of the most important graces I gave myself when I began to reengage into the education profession after becoming burnt out was to let...

I recently came across this quote: Life happens on the edges. We can’t find the next place on our journey until we discover the edge...

We are reminded everywhere we turn in education that we need to be reflective professionals. This means thinking about our practice, our...

I was asked to work on a new project where I was to design and develop a resource website for a school district’s technology department....

A friend of mine told me the other day that I have a really positive outlook. I nearly laughed out loud. My go-to defense mechanism for...

Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead is one of my top five must read books. As I’ve always been a huge fan of talking about the uncomfortable...

If you are a good teacher, you are grateful for your job and you live for the first day back. If you really cared about your students,...

I really believe that in education one of the most fundamental feelings we need to have is efficacy; the need to feel like we make a...

My friend, Jaime Donally, and I were out to lunch one day at a nicer restaurant where all the waiters and waitresses wear matching black...

I was reading through this guide by the University of Texas at Austin on thinking and teaching divergently and I came across these...

I’ve been watching my boys play football since they were eight years old. Actually, before that, if you include flag football. And in all...

When I was a teacher, I did my best to ignore the talk of students in the grades below my own. At the beginning of the year, I would be...

As I’m working on the mindset chapter for my upcoming book, it has been bouncing around my brain how I can incorporate growth mindset and...

I was in the grocery store the other day and I did something that I very rarely do, I picked up a magazine and read the cover. I’m...