Last week, I attended the Indiana Association of School Principals conference. While I have attended this conference for the past few years as a participant, this year I was offered the opportunity to present a session on blogging. It was an awesome experience for me to be able to share my journey, over the past … Continue reading Start Asking Questions

My friend, Jon Harper (@jonharper70bd), has recently started a new podcast titled My Bad. This podcast is a place where, as Jon puts it, “extraordinary educators learn by sharing their mistakes…mess up, fess up, and share with us on My Bad.” Jon also recently also started a Twitter chat using the hashtag #mybad16.  I had … Continue reading Mistakes Are Friends

As I have moved into a new building this year, my new job has been challenging me physically, mentally, and emotionally.  This does not mean that it has not been a positive change that has pushed me to grow, but it has been exhausting.  Although I am in my sixth year serving as a building … Continue reading More Questions

In our schools, the number of decision that have to be made and questions answered on a daily basis is unbelievable.  I have always considered trying to count the number of questions I am asked, or the number of decisions that are made in a given day, but there just does not seem like there … Continue reading Assumptions Make…

As we have begun the second semester of this school year, I have found myself engaged in many conversations with some current seniors about their plans after high school. I find it fascinating to hear the various fields and professions students want to pursue after high school. During these conversations, I have started asking the … Continue reading What’s the Cost?

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about focusing on doing your best rather than obsessing about being the best. It has been one of my most popular posts on Twitter and I have been humbled by the amount of personal comments I have received about this post in particular. This attention to the … Continue reading Prove It

I recently found myself rereading a story about Roger Bannister, the first person to run under a four minute mile. Until the moment that that particular time barrier was finally broken, the experts said no one would ever be able to run a mile in less than four minutes. It was widely believed that the … Continue reading Go First

I am a big college football fan. I love the atmosphere that comes along with every Saturday- the game, the schools, and the die-hard fans. It usually doesn’t matter the team or the game; I love watching college rivals compete on the the football field. This past week’s National Championship game did not disappoint. It … Continue reading Being Best

I have discussed in previous blog posts my dislike for New Year's resolutions and goals.  Too many times goals are used as crutches in our lives; we either set them so high we ultimately cannot control the outcome, or we set them so low (and safe) that we can’t really refer to them as goals. … Continue reading One Word 2017 – JOY

I always spend time at the end of a semester reflecting on what has gone well over the course of the past few months and what might need some attention as we move forward into the second half of the school year.  This year I have taken on a new role, in a new building- … Continue reading Stuck, Then Move!