Category Archives: Reflection

[Abecedary of Reflection] Belief

B: Belief In my [humble] opinion, another important aspect of reflection is belief. Belief in yourself, your strengths, your ability to overcome challenges, your desire to change when needed and stay strong when necessary. Leadership is often lonely and isolated.  … Continue reading

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Climb

I have decided to try to take at least one picture a day and am looking for inspiration through various photo-a-day challenges and a handy phone app that reminds me to take a picture each day. This challenge, posted by … Continue reading

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[Abecedary of Reflection] Appreciation

An abecedary or abecedarium is basically an alphabet. Over the next few months I’m going to work my way through the alphabet (using the much fancier reference- abecedary) while exploring the theme of reflection. Reflection is an important aspect of … Continue reading

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Taking time to enjoy the view

Sometimes you have to make yourself stop and enjoy the views. During an incredibly stressful week recently I was able to take a moment and enjoy this amazing sunset. The work will always be there… the to-do list will never … Continue reading

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Online Book Club Experience

I recently had the opportunity to participate in an online book club and it’s made me hope that all of our students have similar experiences as readers, inside and outside of our classrooms. In addition to the many education and … Continue reading

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Critical Friends / Supportive Peers

Leadership can be tricky and challenging. Leadership can also be isolating and lonely. I’ve been thinking a lot about how leaders receive feedback. To me, it is important to have critical friends, those trusted personal friends or colleagues who are … Continue reading

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Connecting with Purpose

October is Connected Educators Month. If you know nothing about it at all, I suggest you read here or here. I also find this post by Steve Anderson (@web20classroom) very informative. I first heard about this last year (mid-August, so … Continue reading

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My Coaching Beliefs

I have recently been reading  The Art of Coaching by Elena Aguilar. It is a great resource and in fact I purchased a copy for each of the coaches in our district, to use as a book study throughout our … Continue reading

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How is it September already?

It is hard to believe that it is already September. I work in a modified year-round school district and we have already completed five full weeks of school. In another three weeks we will be on our Fall Break. Where … Continue reading

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White

Throughout this month I’m participating in the August Break 2013.   Day 19’s suggested word was white.  When I first thought about white, I thought about the way writers use white space to make their writing speak to their audience. But … Continue reading

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