2 Keys to Help You Be Your Best: 1. Failure is not meant to define you, it’s meant to refine you. Sometimes you have to lose a goal to find your destiny. 2. Ignore the critics. Show up and do the work. You are here for a reason. You have a purpose and you are meant to share it.

Wisdom from Dick Allington: "Too often we have designed reading intervention programs where the students engage in everything but actual reading. That is one reason intervention seldom accelerates reading growth." Dr. Mary Howard Dr. Sam Bommarito Evan Robb Valinda Kimmel, M. Ed. kris felicello

Change the culture, and change the outcome.

Question: If your classroom was recorded for an entire week... whose voice would we hear more? Yours or your students'? #edchat #education

Let’s all try THIS as we head in to the final month and a half of the school year. Instead of counting down the weeks, count how many times you compliment, encourage, motivate, inspire, cheer on and celebrate a student or better yet... a fellow educator.

When exposed to ideas that make us uncomfortable we often become defensive. It’s how we protect our own ideas. But this approach is debilitating. It limits our capacity to grow. It causes us to attack those taking risks. To truly innovate, we have to embrace the uncomfortable.

We can never expect teachers to take chances if we create a culture based on fear of failure. #leadbyfaithnotfear

“People learn what you value by how you spend your time.” Danny Steele on CharacterStrong podcast.

I find it disturbing that with all we know about the role of choice reading in promoting volume AND a love of reading, we still ignore this. Why don’t we make time in every day for kids to CHOOSE books they can/want to read? (worth asking) #TheEdCollabGathering #5 #G2Great

Hey AESBulldogs- We loved your letters of well wishes & advice! We had fun & used our manners. We dreamed big & made memories. Thank you for being a part of those Prom 2019 memories!! 💙🕺🏼💃🏻🎉#weareBandera

Your question should always be "is this what's best for kids?"

Attendance Egg-Stravaganza is in full swing! PPCD rocked last week with 100% Attendance and 5th Grade came in second with 96.82%! Congratulations on winning FREE COOKIES!! Help your grade be this weeks winner! Let's have a Rockin 100% Attendance Week! #attendancematters #behere

Breaking News!! We met our Attendance Goal today!!! #weareawesome #greatnews #attendancechallenge #goalmet

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Leadership is not a license to do less. Leadership is a responsibility to do more- Simon Sinek Laura Robb #TheTenMinutePrincipal

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Congrats to BHS high jumper Sullivan Wilke you are a STATE CHAMPION! #WeAreOne!

Check out our Bulldog Blog- Week of May 13th! #happystaarweek #reach #aMAYzingNewsletter smore.com/brx4j-bulldog-…

Bad administrators blame teachers when teachers have concerns. Decent administrators listen to teacher concerns. Good administrators ask teachers if they have concerns. Great administrators ask, listen, advocate and truly ACT on those concerns!

Deep conversations with my people on this.