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Learning Something New
When was the last time you learned something new? What about something new that has nothing to do with your job or profession or degree? I consider myself a lifelong learner. I believe that phrase was in my first “educational … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, journaling, learning, reflection, Susannah Conway, Tarot
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The Reader in Me 2.0
Seven years ago (wow, it’s hard to believe I’ve been blogging that long!) I wrote a post called The Reader in Me, inspired by a book, an author, and another blogger. The goal was to write 100 facts about my … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, books, education, fiction, learning, nonfiction, reading, reflection
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Play mimics life; does school?
I recently spent an afternoon with my 3 year old nephew. For over 20 minutes we played a scenario that he created. We were driving two mini monster trucks around the living room where he directed an entire storyline. Our … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, creativity, curiosity, education, leadership, learning, mimic, nephew, play, reading, reflection
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December 2021 Reading Update
I was still on my medical leave this month, which means I had PLENTY of reading time to make this my best reading month ever! This month I read: This is How it Always is by Laurie Frankel- I heard … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, audiobooks, blogging, books, learning, poetry, reading, reflection, Writing
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Blogging Trends in 2020
Over the last few years, I’ve done an end-of-year wrap up in the form of a short summary. Just like the rest of the world, I find December to be a good time to pause and reflect and the year. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Ill, blogging, books, end of year, grace, leadership, learning
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Blog Word Cloud 2019
What matters to you? How is that visible to others? How do you communicate your most important values and beliefs? In the past, I have generated a word cloud from my blog’s URL to see what words I use most … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, beliefs, core values, leading, learning, possibility, reflection, shine, word cloud
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Learning to Lead: A Self-Reflective Survey
I’ve read the book Learning Leadership by Kouzes and Posner twice now – once on my own and again as part of a book study with all the principals in my district. With each new reading, I take away a … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Amy Illingworth, beliefs, challenge, core values, energy, inspiration, learning, reflection
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Teacher Leadership Academy
This is a blog co-written by a group of teachers who participated in the first Teacher Leadership Academy (TLA) in our district during the 2017-18 school year; I was one of the Amy administrators who created the TLA. Teacher Leadership … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged Amy Illingworth, collaboration, education, learning, reflection, teacher leadership
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Empowered Leaders Empower Learners (#IMMOOC Season 3, Week 4)
I am participating in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) with hundreds of other educators across the globe, about The Innovator’s Mindset by George Couros. These are my reflections for Season 3, Week 3 of #IMMOOC, and the prompt: Relationships and collaboration … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Illingworth, collaboration, education, empower, IMMOOC, innovator's mindset, learning, reflection, relationships
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Even More Quotes That Resonate
When I read I annotate my books by underlining key words and phrases and making notes in the margins. Sometimes I underline a quote that I just can’t stop thinking about. Here is another post in my series of quotes … Continue reading
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Tagged Aguilar, Amy Illingworth, books, coaching, education, failure, leadership, learning, professional, quotes, reading
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