âWe would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.â -Vince Lombardi
âGive me a lever long enough and a prop strong enough. I can single-handedly move the world.â -Archimedes
I was working with several students helping them develop greater number sense and algebraic thinking.…
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” -Mother Teresa
When someone asks me what schools I’ve worked with during my career as an educational consultant, my answer is always, “the ones where you wouldn’t drive at night.” My heart is pulled to the teachers and students in these schools.…
“Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn’t fall there.”
– unknown
This morning my son asked me what I was doing today. I showed him my “to do” list. At the top was written, “write my inspiration blog.” He asked me how many people read it.…
“The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods.” -Margaret Mead
“The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes, and leads you onto the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth.”…
“Now, go âthinkâ about it!”
I was in a school a few weeks ago and heard this phrase being repeated by a math teacher after discussing a difficult concept with her students. I woke up the next morning at 5:30amâpartly because there was a large truck backing up and beeping loudlyâbut mostly because that phrase had reminded me of a student I had named Reggie.…
I was looking for quotes for my inspiration blogs and found this story. As I struggle with how to best help all the teachers and schools with whom I have worked, this story will always encourage me. I hope it does the same for you.
Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength.…
âWe are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity to live full in [lifeâs] total meaning of love, caring, creating, and adventuring. Consequently, the actualizing of our potential can become the most exciting adventure of our lifetime.â    -Herbert Otto
Since the beginning of the 2009-10 school year, I have worked with many schools to assist them in effectively planning for math instruction using small groups and differentiated strategies.…
“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
Are we cultivating curiosity in our classrooms? Are we aiming to cultivate the genius potential in all of our students?…
“Strong teachers insist that effective teaching is neither mysterious or magical.” -S. Farr
What is it that makes a teacher strong, vital, and exceptional? What is it that separates the good teachers from the master teachers? Farr and his colleagues found certain patterns in the teachers they observed:
*Tended to set big goals for their students.…
Welcome to my Monday Blogs. Fridays will be about games and activities, Wednesday’s Blogs will focus on differentiated instruction, and Mondays will be about igniting and inspiring at the beginning of the work week.
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you neverr will change the outcome.”…
