What’s Important?

 
 
Leaders need to get wet feet on occasion.  
The daily grind of a principal can be far removed from the student population, too far.  Educators choose their career to serve kids in the learning process.  In recent years, I have allowed my principalship to be attacked by management duties and leaving relationships to be sacrificed. [...]

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Life’s Lessons from Lunch

This past weekend, my friend and I, Shawn, presented to a group of Wisconsin teachers in beautiful Door County.  Some of you may have visited Door County in the summer months with its splendid blossoms, but the freshly falling snow this past weekend provided a sparkling beauty that is missed during the warmer months, for [...]

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Where is your gas?

It was a hot, summer day and grass mowing was the task that needed to be completed.  I fired up my trusty craftsmen mower, turned the volume up on my iPod and started to cut a perimeter around the yard.
While cutting a perimeter, I trim around and under shrubs as much as possible to save [...]

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What to do at the Summit

School leadership is very much like hiking.  The excitement of planning an adventure on the trail is identical to planning a new school year.
Planning an adventure on the trail starts with dreams, books, photos, and reading blogs of adventurers before you.  Planning a new school year is filled with reading new literature, perusing educational [...]

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3 Steps to Customer Service in Education

The realm of education has become very competitive.  Public schools are fighting to recruit and retain students.  I love the challenge, but it isn’t easy!  Public schools are competing against virtual academies that provide computers if you enroll in their program, private schools that serve a special niche (e.g. religion), and in certain states other [...]

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