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Jan 3, 20223 min read
What Are Your #3Reasons? (167/500)
On New Year's Eve morning, I came across a tweet from Peter DeWitt in which he shared his #3Reasons for entering the field of education...
Dec 18, 20213 min read
What's next? (166/500)
A week ago, I stopped my writing streak at 165 consecutive days. After writing through some challenging phases, personally...
Oct 10, 20213 min read
3 Ways to Help a New Teacher (105/365)
Remember your first year of teaching? Mine was far from easy. Often, I wonder if the students in that first class learned as much as I...
Aug 22, 20213 min read
What Habits Will You Build This Year? (56/365)
What came first, the chicken or the egg? This is my current mindset, my current reality, when it comes to building habits. For example:...
Aug 15, 20213 min read
What Could We Possibly Ever Learn From "Kids Today"? (49/365)
Adults can learn a lot from kids. We just have to be willing to do it. This thought has been marinating (or perhaps, ruminating), since...
Aug 13, 20213 min read
47 Things I’ve Learned (47/365)
Learning has a consistent theme of my life from August 2020 to August 2021. In honor of turning a year older and (maybe?) a bit wiser,...
Aug 12, 20212 min read
Change is... (46/365)
Challenging times present chances for personal growth. What may first be seen as an obstacle, is often an opportunity. What has increased...
Aug 11, 20212 min read
3 Ways to Multi-Task in Chaos (45/365)
To Multi-Tasking or Not to Multi-Task? “Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking of it.” - Daniel...
Jul 17, 20213 min read
Take That First Step (20/365)
In 2004, I took my first steps…first steps on the road to becoming “a runner”. I remember my dad “going jogging” back in the mid 1970s,...
Jul 16, 20212 min read
4:15 Comes Early Sometimes (19/365)
4:15 am comes early sometimes. In January 2020, I was nearly 30 pounds heavier that I am now. The stress of five years of unexpected...
Jul 14, 20214 min read
"Are we more empathetic than we used to be?" (TBD) (18/365)
Recently, I’d read a blog post from a friend, colleague, and mentor, Dr. Donald Gately. He’d asked, in his COVID-19 blog, an essential...
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Where Am I? (17/365)
The literal responses to this question is: I live and work on the south shore of Long Island. I work roughly an hour east of New York...
Jul 13, 20211 min read
3 Time Management Hacks (16/365)
“Time is our greatest commodity.” - Warren Buffett I think of this line often, and especially when I’ve over-scheduled my calendar or...
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Freezing Time (15/365)
If I had one superpower, it’d be to freeze time. These are the words I said during a community circle. The question was asked as a...
Jul 10, 20212 min read
School Culture...According to Dabbawalas (13/365)
My writing challenges: Dive deep Focus on brevity Write for readers Repeat daily My post “Leadership Lessons From Dabbawalas” (by my...
Jul 5, 20212 min read
Advice on How to Succeed in Middle School...and Life (8/365)
The following is an excerpt from a speech I wrote and delivered at this year’s Grade 8 Awards Ceremony. It honored adolescents who’ve...
Jul 4, 20212 min read
What System Are You Building? (7/365)
"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” - James Clear, Atomic Habits Today marks one week of...
Jul 3, 20212 min read
5 "Good Things"...About Middle School (6/365)
Springtime is typically a very busy time in middle school. And if you’re not careful, the intermittent energy surges and the daily roller...
Jul 2, 20213 min read
What is education's “next big thing”? (5/365)
This question was central to a conversation I once had, while working with a leadership coach, turned mentor. We’d developed a good...
Jul 1, 20213 min read
Learning Leadership: Looking Back and Looking Ahead (4/365)
This summer marks seven years since I launched my first blog post as part of what was then a new blog, Learning Leadership. At that time...
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