"Never pray for patience." How many times have you heard this? There have been a few experiences to make me a believer in this statement.  As a school leader how in the world are you supposed to have patience and wait when the stakes are so high?  No Child Left Behind - All students in ... Read More about Patience and the Principalship

Contrary to popular belief, legends, folklore, and/or old wives tales.....principals do not live in the basement of the school! Hard to believe that we mill around the community just like all of you. Just yesterday I was spotted at Target by a former student who made her mom yell at me so she could ... Read More about Principals are People Too

Everything is changing, including parent engagement with schools. You'd think after 10 years as elementary principal I would have things figured out. But just when you think you can predict the next move.....something changes. When I became a principal 10 years ago PTO was a big deal. We had some ... Read More about Why I Joined #PTCamp

Thank you @PrincipalJ for introducing me to Voxer! Lately  the use of Voxer has taken off. Seems like there are multiple Voxer shout-outs and twitter references these days. It is going to be exciting to see what the Vox says in the coming months. (See what I did there?) But let's get ... Read More about Practical Uses for Voxer In Schools