Slice of Life Tuesday: I’m Sorry, You’ve Been Disconnected!
This morning I am wondering how many of our high school students are feeling. The school is instituting a new (changed) policy on cell phone usage. As I understand it,…
Category: educational policy
Committee Work
I am no stranger to committee work. When we moved to Wisconsin, over twenty years ago now, I immersed myself in our local school system. I had a boy entering…
Saving the Monarch Butterfly
Today, I feel compelled to write about monarch conservation. We are in the height of monarch breeding season here in the midwest, and I am seeing post after post on…
Qualities of Leadership Series: #4 Transparency
What is transparency? Throughout my involvement in different educational systems, institutions of higher learning, and other types of business ventures such as health care, I have learned that transparency is…
You Think You Know Me, But You Don’t!
I’m in kind of a quandry. I do not think people know what I do for a living, or in what disciplines I’ve been educated, nor do I have any…
Building Something From Nothing
I keep doing this – building something from nothing. This week I made a conscious decision to keep something I’ve built so I can continue using it with the freedom…
Professional Development & Environmental Education
Well, I am nine days into my final comprehensive exam for my graduate degree in Natural Resources. Two of three answers are fully drafted, and today, I am starting on…
The Fate of PTO: Are all Parent Teacher Organizations the Same?
Last night I went to a TEAM meeting at the school where I serve as Garden Club Advisor. TEAM is their version of the PTO association. I do not know…
