The idea of discussing teacher pay has long been largely ignored. At the root, it seems that as a society we underpay professions that...

I was a young mother. I had my eldest son a few months after turning 21. Having dropped out of college to do so, I was not my school...

I’ve been reflecting on several of the relationships in my life lately that are frankly emotionally uneven. Up until now, I’ve been ok...

Our brains love stories. Especially stories filled with drama and intrigue, a villain, a hero and other pieces that make us talk...

Since I’ve been in my current role, I have focused my efforts on what I have believed to be important supports for my department and the...

When I work with districts on the ideas in #DivergentEDU, communication is one of the most common areas recited as either supporting the...

When I taught I used to joke about how I wished I would have kept a book all along about putting together words that I never thought I’d...

Recently, one of my favorite teachers in the high school approached me about students starting student managed social media accounts for...

Yes, I know I had the phone the wrong way. 🙂

I have been paying special attention lately to what I need to do to be a good leader and in order to do that, I need to reflect on the...

I’ve been the Director of Innovation and Technology for two full years in my district and I’m a few months into my third. When I began my...

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...

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...

A few months ago, I wrote a piece called The Rules of Teacher Engagement which discussed teacher engagement and what it means when...

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

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 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...

Although our district has been 1:1 for about eight years, this is the first year we have implemented a student led helpdesk. I’m not...

I am in my sixth district in 12 years. There have been various reasons as to why I’ve left my positions over the years. I’ve been laid...