Category: Collaboration

We’re Back!

August 1, 2022

When it was time to head from the English Department office to the classroom, my former Gunn HS English Department instructional supervisor, Tim Farrell, would […]

Embracing Growth at Our Edges

May 3, 2021

“Inward, Upward, Outward, Onward”
That’s my catch phrase to describe the essence of my new book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work. The book […]

Emerging from the Cocoon

April 1, 2021

One of my favorite writers/bloggers, Courtney Martin put out a “12 questions, 12 months in” blog recently, and two of the questions were “What have […]

Tango, anyone?

February 1, 2021

This past month I spent a little time sprucing up my home office. A standing desk is arriving by February 8 (!) and some photos […]

Just ‘Putting It Out There’

November 2, 2020

The start of fall is upon us all in my hemisphere. It has already snowed in the Midwest and the heat is breaking in the […]

See You In The Water

March 1, 2019

My mother called me Sarah Bernhardt when I was ‘in a mood.’ I was a tad emotional as a child. “Woe is me” was my […]

Adulting 101

July 2, 2018

My nephews are rising first and third graders. They will spend the summer playing baseball, swimming, and having fun. In August, they will head back […]

My Reality Isn’t Virtual

February 1, 2018

Just returned from the Future of Educational Technology Conference in Orlando. Tech coaches, directors of technology, assistant superintendents of curriculum and instruction, superintendents, media specialists, […]

Managing Impulsivity and Passivity – A Leader’s Constant Challenge

January 1, 2008

When I began to work outside the classroom as a teacher on special assignment, I was excited about the opportunity to create and facilitate learning […]