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“When we spill our emotions onto blank pages, we can see, through words, the problems that plague us. It is a unique way of healing”  Travis Crowder     Writing,…

The closer we get to Spring it seems like the shorter our fuses get and the more rambunctious and misbehaving our kids become. As a classroom teacher I loved having…

This post was co-written with Travis Crowder. You can follow him on Twitter HERE or his own blog HERE. We’ve all been there at one point or another….that moment where…

Every so often I love to write a post sharing with you some people on social media who have been inspiring me.  I am connected with, and inspired by, so…

This week has been a week of deep reflection for me.  Every one of us goes through periods where we doubt our gifts, where we wonder if the place we…

If you take just a minute to turn on the television or pull up a news article, you are bombarded with news and information.  Much of which has become a…

Something we talk about quite often is growing.  Growing as professionals and personally as well.  Not one of us has reached that pinnacle of knowing everything.  Though sometimes we all…

I know that each of us has worked on a team or campus where people complain.  Where people are negative.  They don’t like a certain person and talk about it…

  On Friday, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) released information on a new Texas Rating system.  It’s a very simplified rating system that gives every school and district in Texas…

Fear. When you think about that word I think we all have something different we think of.  Some have a fear of snakes or spiders.  Others may fear the thought…

Well we’re here, 2017.  Every year brings the opportunities for goals, dreams, things you want to change, ways you want to improve.  For a few years now I’ve seen the…

This post was co-written with the INCREDIBLE Roman Nowak. For years we’ve heard, or talked, about the power of being a connected educator.  About how when you put yourself out…