Thank you for hosting. Looking forward to it. This approach: Actionable. Replicable. Scalable. But more importantly: Helpful. Accessible. Equitable. All means All! Let’s 👏🏼 Move 👏🏼 Forward 👏🏼 - We’re in this Together! ❤️🙏🏼💯

Day 108 of in-person learning and counting... Grateful for and proud of our Team in Gower. We’re not the only example of it being done, but we’re one of them. We’ll keep pressing to change the typical reply from others of ‘Yeah, but...’ to ‘Yeah, how’... gower62.com/district/paren…

I enjoyed spending time with the panel and sharing what has been working for us; Full In-Person Day 114 and counting! Keep 👏🏼 moving 👏🏼 forward 👏🏼 - We’re in this Together!

Man, has this lesson (or the need for it) been made clear in DuPage County ROE Butler 53 and Gower School District 62 this year. Day 115 of fully In-Person Learning and counting! 💚 🙏🏼 🍎 - We’re in this Together!

Thank you for allowing us to share our story and the opportunity to help others find ways to replicate and scale up or scale down a model that works! Let’s keep converting the ‘Yeah, but’ mentality into a ‘Yeah, how’... 🙏🏼 💯 🍎 💚 - We’re in this Together!

I hear a lot about the ‘new’ guidelines The actual guidelines: 6/23/20 - ‘Require social distancing (6 feet) be observed, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE’; 3/9/21 - ‘Require social distancing (3-6 feet) be observed, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE’. Convert the ‘Yeah, buts’ into ‘Yeah, hows’ ⏳🙏🏼💯💚

Looking forward to sharing an emerging framework for leadership and presenting with a great friend - family really - Dr. Allen. Lionel Allen, Jr. is an amazing leader @CtrUrbanEdLead IASA DuPage County ROE #IASA2021 🙏🏼❤️💯🤜🏼💥🤛🏽

Looking forward to sharing the Gower School District 62 story and contributing to a community of practice. Scalable and replicable strategies are out there and need to be identified and elevated. There is a path forward. We’re in this Together! 🙏🏼🍎💯🧼😷👀

Looking forward to sharing some of our ‘promising practices’ and lessons learned from Gower School District 62 and shaped by DuPage County ROE IASA Illinois State Board of Education and DCHD We’re in this Together! 🙏🏼💯❤️🍎🧼😷👀

Happy to contribute. We’re in this Together! Finding ways to emerge stronger as an organization ‘post-crisis’ will come down to a local commitment to Plan-Do-Check-Act work and a growth mindset. Change the ‘Yeah, but...’ to the ‘Yeah, how’ 🙏🏼🍎❤️💯

With Teachers Day, Nurses Day, Principals Day & Staff Appreciation Week all here, the second definition of the word just hits different this year 😊Thank you for stepping up & being an example. Exactly why I make it a point to keep the ‘T’ in Teacher capitalized - always 🙏🏼❤️💯

It was my privilege to announce the ESSR-funded ‘2020 Recognition Revitalization & Retention’ stipend for every member of our staff today. It has been a TEAM EFFORT to open fully on Day 1 & remain open ALL year. A 2020 stipend for every 👏🏼 staff 👏🏼 member 👏🏼 - 💯🙏🏼❤️😊 #grateful

Hey! This is what we would call a ‘Good Thing’ in Gower! Great message about leadership and how this framework applies to Teachers (Yes, the ‘T’ is always capitalized in Teacher)😉👏🏼💙💚

The idea of ‘peeking around the corner’ to get a sense of ‘what’s next’ as a function of organizational learning and leadership is something Learning Counsel explores on the regular😊 I enjoyed collaborating👍🏼thelearningcounsel.com/article/il-oh-…

🤔 When a nationwide viral post results in some families keeping kids home because they fear for their safety, we need to elevate the importance of messages like #BeSMART (Secure, Model, Ask, Recognize, Tell) - We’re in this Together!👍🏼 Check it out here: besmartforkids.org

You’re most welcome! 👍🏼 Wow! That last line sure rings true as of late: ‘Facing adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it. This is true for individuals, and the last couple of years have certainly proven this to be true at the organizational level as well.’ 👏🏼❤️💯

Happy to have taken part in the panel session; On the Ground: Local Leaders Discuss the ‘Whys and Hows’ of Spending COVID Aid - Man, these last couple of years have really shown that it’s those whys and hows that matter! 👍🏼🙏🏼❤️ Proud to tell a part of the Gower School District 62 story…

With this year’s official #TeacherAppreciationWeek coming to a close, I encourage you to join me in an ongoing career effort to keep the ‘T’ in Teacher capitalized ALL 👏🏼 YEAR 👏🏼 ROUND 👏🏼 - What they do matters… A lot!!! 🙏🏼🍎💚💙💯 @IHeartCKH DuPage County ROE #BeWhatYouWantToSee

…and ANOTHER 🧡😡 🙏🏼💚🤍🙏🏼 It’s been #Enough for decades and we STILL debate sensible prevention strategies at the highest levels. #EndGunViolence Everytown

Illinois’ 5Essentials Survey education-first.com/insights/our-r…