I am an educator who values the individuality and uniqueness of others. Writing the blog R.E.A.L. is an outlet for me to pay it forward by sharing ideas, influences, lessons learned and exposing a little vulnerability while encouraging others to maximize their R.E.A.L. potential, as well.
Recently I was filling in as a principal, and I had the usual traffic parading through the front office–sassy students, naughty students, students needing positive attention, and the ever remorseful first-timers. It was one of those days I thought I might be able to check at least one email and even that didn’t happen until […]
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I’ve met many successful people who claim they worked hard and succeeded. That’s it. That’s how they achieved their goal. Don’t get me wrong, I believe success requires hard work and dedication; in fact, in most cases, it’s imperative. However, it troubles me when others express themselves as if they made it to this “advancement in […]
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This past week we had a little over 300 #BookSnaps entered in the #BookSnapsWk1 Challenge. I thought the final count was 279, but there were about 25 more in a class Padlet! AMAZING! All of the participants totally ROCKED making personal connections with #BookSnaps! In fact, the creativity of the students blew my mind; check […]
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REAL Sidenote: Maybe they aren’t “must have” questions but certainly worthy of considering. From the Interviewing Committee to the Candidate My newest favorite question, it really isn’t a question, is to send an email to the candidate a few days (or a week) before the interview that simply says, Please prepare a ten-minute (max) presentation […]
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When I first met George Couros, author of The Innovator’s Mindset, I told him I already had an innovator’s mindset. To which he replied by asking me about my ambitions as an educator and when I shared my dreams and goals with him, he said, “Then, why aren’t you accomplishing them?” Burn! It was at that […]
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