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Gail Connelly with Erik Wahl
 | Our guest offers an insightful and fresh perspective of the brave new world education leaders face. In this segment he draws stark comparisons between the way teaching and leading has been done and what is truly required in a world of increasing ambiguity, complexity and exciting new possibilities.
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I recently participated in a seminar on “student engagement” with new and experienced teachers, principals, vice-principals, and district-level educ ...
How do you normally feel after attending an all day conference or summit? Exhausted both mentally and physically? Sluggish? Overwhelmed? Funny thing h ...
Since January 23, 2017 up until now, I have been busier than I ever have before. New job beginning on January 23, 2017 (interim elementary principal), ...
My son's 7th grade basketball season finished last week. I had a great season cheering him on along with the other parents. There's an e ...
There are lots of problems in education, big systemic problems, governance problems, structural problems that seem unsolvable sometimes because they’r ...
Happy New Year! It's such a pleasure to share this beautiful story as we kick off 2018. I think we all need to grab tissue, then go buy some neckties! ...
I recently prepared introductory remarks for our winter concert. I used the same Microsoft Word document named “concert introductions” that I’ve ...
When I first decided to run for Congress, I remember who I went to for input. Surprisingly, it was not my friends and family (besides my wife!); ins ...
Here’s a recent conversation between my wife and me: Danielle: “Don, it’s freezing outside, wear a coat.’ Me: It’s not that ...
In the last several months we tackled the topic of relationships over rules in the world of students. You can read that post here. This time around, w ...
I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy. — Marie Curie Translation: If you want things to change ...
I still can't believe that I graduated Union High School 20 years ago this year. 1997 was a fun year–a senior in high school, not a care in the worl ...
Most people in leadership positions I encounter are not leaders. They are managers. This is not to say they are bad at their job. Some are in fact q ...
Then… I (Brent) am a former student pastor turned public educator. Upon leaving vocational ministry, I moved into a position as a teacher and coach ...
There's nothing better than breakfast meetings in the summer! I get excited at the chance in meeting with colleagues over a cup of coff ...
Recently, I had the chance to catch up with a colleague from a previous school district who I hadn’t seen for years. While drinking coffee and ...
I found myself mixed with humility and joy listening to my sixteen-year old son, Keegan, as well as just observing his passionate explanation of how ...
It’s been very busy on my end over the past month. I released my second podcast, published my first flash-read on Amazon, and have crisscrossed the ...
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