There is no comfort in the growth zone – but there is no growth in the comfort zone – this was a quote shared with us at the start of the National Superintendent Roundtable national convening in the summer 2023…
Mayan Culture and History – Guatemala
Mayan Culture and History were integral parts of our overall service, learning, culture, history, and volunteer work in Guatemala. Iximiche and Antigua visits during our time in Guatemala in between and following bottle school construction projects enhanced the cultural immersion…
Education is Life
I’m a fan of the Apple TV show “Ted Lasso” and one of the characters, Dani Rojas, has a saying “futbol is life” … so, in the spirit of Dani Rojas, “Education is Life” is the title of this blog…
Guatemala Service Trip Culture School Building 2023
Guatemala 2023 Tecpan, Guatemala July 2023 Justin (my son) and I ventured from Chicago to Miami and from Miami to Guatemala City, Guatemala. We are serving, learning, exploring, and traveling to Guatemala with Hug it Forward, https://hugitforward.org/ , on a…
Audio Excerpts of National Presentation – Supt and Principals – Impact on learning in #112Leads
In this episode, learn how an initiative and partnership called DMBreakthrough Teams implemented last year at the District 112 Dual Language elementary schools positively impacted student growth & achievement! Over spring break, I went to New York with Oak Terrace…
What are DMGroup Breakthrough Teams Results in D112? #112Leads
In the 2021-2022 school year, we chose to implement a robust planning and results-oriented project at both K-5 dual language (Spanish/English) schools in the District, Oak Terrace and Red Oak. Our main work has always been to create conditions that…
Reflections from National Superintendent Summit – #112Leads
DMGroup Superintendent Strategy Summit Reflections March 29-31, 2023 New York City, New York As a longtime member of a professional organization for superintendents, District Management Council (DMGroup), I am attending a conference—the DMGroup Superintendent Strategy Summit. This conference focuses on…
Calls to Action – Reflections from Superintendent Conference #NSR2022
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the…
Third in a series on Dominican Republic Service trip 2022
Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful & fulfilled life.” – Jack Canfield Back in 2016, I was lucky enough to be a part of the LifeTouch Memory Mission trip to the Dominican Republic and I…
More Reflections – Dominican Republic Service & Culture Trip 2022 – 2
This summer, July 30-August 6, I went on a reunion trip to the Dominican Republic, to Constanza, La Vega, to the Cecaini School in Rio Grande. On the next few posts, I’m sharing my reflections. Once major personal “peak moment”…