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Last Friday I had the extreme pleasure of visiting the Ron Clark Academy for the second time. I can still remember every moment of my first trip to RCA three years ago. I was a 5th grader teacher, wide eyed, finally getting to meet my teacher hero. It was an incredible experience that I will…
This post was co-written between myself and Brent Clarkson. Sometimes even the smallest moments can make the biggest impact. During the first week of school in 2014, I (Brent) passed one of my students between classes and simply said, “Hey, Kyle**.” He had been in my class for a few days so I didn’t have…
I’ve written blog posts before about people I recommend following. And I haven’t written one like that in a while so I figured I throw a few more people at you, who aren’t “widely” known, but are AMAZING educators and great resources. I have always believed that you are only as good as the people…
Back in September we were having a lot of discipline issues. And through all of those discipline issues we noticed almost all of our daily focus was on the students who were making poor decisions. We had begun to completely ignore those who were making great decisions. Now, I’m not a believer in a reward…
I’m sorry. Two words. They seem so easy to say. As educators we teach children every day how and when to apologize. But as adults, those two words become more and more difficult. As a classroom teacher there were many times I had to apologize to my students. When I taught a lesson wrong, when…
There was an image I saw once of an iceberg. It had the tagline of “90% of what is happening goes on, unseen, beneath the surface”. I have found that to be true time and time again. http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/iceberg.asp Everyone is fighting a battle. Some of the battles are bloody and do quite a bit of…
I almost have no words to express my emotions. Last night we held our very first “Dinner with a Gentleman” at Webb Elementary in Navasota, Texas. Now….let me back track a little. Back in October or November we were beginning our Watch DOGS Program. It’s a program that seeks to get men involved in volunteering,…
Throughout my last few years of blogging, I’ve tried to show all sides of what we’re doing in education. The awesome, as well as the struggles. I choose to believe that all of us struggle with our jobs as educators. We all have those nagging fears or lingering doubts. We see other people doing incredible…
I’ve been really cognoscente this year about changing up the way we’ve done staff meetings. You see we do a staff meeting once a month. And on a campus of over 80 employees, I feel like that time is so important for us to use to get to know each other, and to grow. Last…
I’ve always said that I believe January and February to be some of the hardest months of the school year. It’s getting over that hump into the spring, testing is kicking in (at least in Texas), behavior starts to escalate again, people are getting on other people’s nerves, and you feel like there’s way too…
Inequality is something that has received more and more national attention lately. From economic injustices, to racial prejudice, and so much more. From shootings, to marches, to court cases. It’s everywhere. And it’s something that is heavy on my soul. Something that my personal journey has led me to. So I wanted to take this…
So I’m in the middle of something that has already become a game changer for me (and hopefully my team too!) Coming back from the holiday break I really wanted to get some one-on-one face time with each of my team members. I wanted to spend more time listening to them and hearing them. Now,…
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