It's Week 2 for the #dcsdblogs challenge! This week's prompt is: What is the best thing you've ever learned from another teacher? Everything I know now I learned from other teachers. Teachers I grew up with, teachers I took classes from, teachers I learn from on Twitter and Voxer, teachers' pictures I see on Instagram …
Category: educational leadership
Up!
My #oneword2016 is UP and over the past couple weeks I had trouble feeling it. Life had me all twisted and turned and I wasn't sure which way was straight. But TODAY is the day I get to start moving into my new classroom at the Lake Tahoe School. I won't start setting things up …
Creed – 1 step, 1 punch, 1 round
Last week, Zack had a hematology appointment in Reno and we went for a sushi lunch afterward. Out of all the sushi restaurants in Reno (there are a lot) and the 4 chefs behind the bar, we were seated in front of the dad of a kindergartener I taught in 2005. He recognized me a …
both sides now
I'm not a huge fan of Joni Mitchell but I've been singing the chorus to this song lately. The past two weeks, we at Holm Construction have been reading resumes, holding interviews, and talking with references. It's an exciting time because it means that the company Zack worked 10 years building will grow and continue …
bids to contracts: missed concepts to applying new knowledge
This morning the first bid that I wrote (using an estimate from our project manager, who's been doing Zack's tasks as he recovers) was accepted and signed. It's a bit like working 1:1 with a struggling student and watching the light bulb go off because you know that you communicated clearly, set a measurable and …
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