Links, tools, and thoughts on the things we’re thinking about today.
Coming Out of the Darkness
This month I’m sharing some resources and tools that can help you move towards a better understanding of why- and how- you can bring yourself back to, well, yourself when you’re having a hard time.
What is Your Story?
I’m happy share a guest post today from Jason Finley, Work-Based Learning Coordinator Randolph Technical Career Center and 2009 Rowland Fellow (Inaugural Cohort)This was originally posted on the Rowland Foundation blog.————————————————————-While the Rowland Blog is a piece of our Professional Learning Community, the following is largely a personal take on our individual and collective work.…
Ready for a Fresh Start
Resolutions aren’t really my thing, but I’m a big fan of a fresh start. For me, January is the perfect mid-school-year opportunity to reflect, renew, and revise. Am I doing things that feel meaningful? Are the people around me helping me to be the person I want to be? What do I need to change…
Telling Our Stories
As we head into winter break and a much-needed rest, I’m thinking a lot about stories. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be catching up with family and friends, hearing new stories about their lives, and rehashing some of the old favorites from our past. We’ll connect through our shared experiences, reestablishing our bonds, celebrating our triumphs,…
Need Something to be Grateful for?
November is usually all about gratitude, but to be honest I’m not sure educators are collectively finding a lot to be grateful for right now. We’ve been dealing with what @matteicheldinger called “The Change” and we’re finding that what used to take us six weeks at the start of the year is now taking up exponentially more time.…
Sunday Scaries?
October is the month of all things spooky, but as I’ve learned over the last half a century (now THAT’S scary!) it’s that “spooky is entirely in the eye of the one being spooked. Be it clowns, dolls, ghosts, or third period, we all have something that scares us. This month, I’m sharing a few…