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...

The idea of divergence is occasionally envisioned as two paths diverging in the wood, perhaps thanks to our friend Robert Frost. However,...

Most of us know, in our heads, how social media can skew day to day life. We talk about this in relation to how our kids need to...

I am a Director of Innovation and Technology. That is my role title. For people who don’t know me in my “every day” position, that...

In my district, the district administrators (with the exception of the superintendent and the business administrator) are all housed in...

I am on Twitter because my friends are there. The ones who push my thinking and who I want to see what they are doing professionally...

I believe that it is human nature to want to trust people, but it’s definitely a feeling that when broken, takes a great deal of time to...

I was sitting in the car on my way to a doctor’s appointment this morning desperate, mentally willing my blood pressure to lower. I had a...

The other day I was working with the administrative team at a school district near Chicago. We were dissecting the Hierarchy of Needs for...

This is a post in the Core Beliefs Series. To read the introductory post, click here. In other words, relationships are the most...

This is the second post in the series. You can find the first post on defining your core beliefs here. There has been a lot of discussion...

Since beginning my administrative position, I am responsible for more professional development days and have been attempting to provide...

Educators are nice people. We are taught to be positive and complementary and to give feedback that people can feel good about. What we...

This is the fifth installment of the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The purpose of the Hierarchy...

This is the fifth post in the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 In an effort to support professional...

This is the fourth post in the #hierarchyseries. The first post can be found here. Updated 10/9/2019 As I’ve mentioned in previous posts,...

This post is the third in the #HierarchySeries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The area of effective leadership...

The idea of the Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking came to me at a time when I was looking for a more concrete way to...

Awhile back, I began trying to delineate what needed to be in place for a teacher to really have the best chance of being innovative in...

Lately, I have been asked repeatedly by various people why I blog. I started blogging because one of my good friends, who I have a ton of...