Okay, I went down a rabbit hole over the past few days. As is always with me, these ideas are not well-formed, and I want to share them with you as they percolate in my brain. I do believe this discussion is relevant to the future of public education, so please keep on reading! All of these thoughts come from Redeeming…
In the ever-evolving landscape of public education, stress and anxiety have become common companions in our professional journey. Yet, within these challenges lies a transformative opportunity for growth and satisfaction in our roles as leaders. The key? A commitment to self-reflection. There is something important that we forget about stress: we can overcome it. Regardless of the level of stress,…
I was planning on writing a response to a blog post about managing change in an organization, but I changed my mind. Instead, I want to merge the suggestions from the blog with a new perspective. Imagine a world where we focus on helping our staff learn instead of constantly worrying about managing change. It would be an incredible place…
Like many people, I struggle with balancing short-term, micro thinking and long-term, macro thinking. Micro-thinking focuses on the “here and now” tasks and getting things done, while macro-thinking takes a broader view and considers larger trends and patterns. Often, I find myself stuck in micro-thinking, stressing about efficiency and tactics to manage change and complete my to-do list. I believe…
Last week I talked about two terrible, horrible, no good, very bad questions. This week I am talking about the one great question. As a backdrop. I am a volunteer coach for a local high school boys basketball team. (An aside, being a volunteer coach is great. I don’t have to make any decisions and I tell everyone they are great..what can…
Raise your hand if you feel as if you are the hamster running on that wheel…working hard and staying in place! In our VUCA (Volitile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world, the number of micro and macro decisions that we are making is increasing. I think there is a direct correlation between the “more VUCA” the world is to the number of…
3 Drivers For Transforming Education Systems One of my “go-to” newsletters is The Learn Letter by Eva Keiffenheim. As the name of the newsletter states, she is concerned with studying how people learn. In her latest issue, she shares insights that a group of learning researchers she worked with to help make sense of education. The research team came up with three…
The Iceberg Model Of Systems Change We have all heard of the saying “that’s the tip of the iceberg” at some point in our careers. We usually use the saying to mean that there is a lot more going on with a situation than we can “see” at that moment. This week Jen Anderson shared this image with me. The image distills the importance…
I know I promised a simple explanation of two things in last week’s blog: a crypto digital wallet and a SMART contract. Well, things get messy sometimes. The more I research a SMART contract, the harder it is for me to come up with an easy explanation. So, I need another week to continue down the rabbit hole of SMART…
When I was a teacher, a group of my teacher friends and I organized 2 field trips a year for our 7th and 8th graders. Every Fall we would take a day trip to New York City. In the Spring we would rotate destinations between Washington DC, Baltimore, and Boston. We raised money for the trips and it was a…