Even principals celebrate can you believe it?! Great day of networking and connecting with colleagues! Thank you to @venspired for helping me work on creating "posters." I have always wanted to know how teachers have been putting together "collages" of pictures and pdfs someone finally helped me!!! If you are not following Krissy Venosdale on Twitter or her blog you are REALLY missing out. She ... Read More about Celebrating Principals!!!

My virtual bookshelf is overflowing! So how do I decide what to read THIS summer? I have no idea but here are some books that made my list and why: Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson -  LOVE Phil Jackson! Read Sacred Hoops a few years ago and loved it so I am sure this is a great book too. Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It - Sounds ... Read More about Summer Reading List 2013

If you are a regular reader of my blog or twitter account you will notice that my staff likes to have fun. Any time we can reduce the stress level or do something that will make our work more fun we will try it. The end of the year can be pretty stressful with all the deadlines. So here we are at the end of the year and trying to stay positive and keep the fun alive. We have played the "clothes ... Read More about Keeping Morale High Until the End of Year – Game

How do you celebrate Teacher Appreciation at your school? Every year is different for us. Maybe you can use some of our ideas next year! Below is the letter I sent home to parents. This pretty much took all control out of my hands which was frightening. If the parents didn't respond to this my teachers would have had nothing. I shouldn't have been surprised how well they did with this! It was ... Read More about Teacher Appreciation 2013