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Urban Aria: Lead a School and Lead a Balanced Life? Probably Not
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Monday, January 2, 2012. Lead a School and Lead a Balanced Life? I love the symmetry of today's date: 1/2/12. It feels and looks balanced. It brings to mind perhaps the most common coaching question I'm asked: How can I do this work and live a balanced life? My first response is: What does a balanced life look like to you? Practice compassion: http:/ ccare.stanford.edu/content/being-compassionate-healthy. We want urgent school leaders around for a lo...
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Urban Aria: State of the Union
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Tuesday, January 24, 2012. State of the Union. Stop teaching to the test: teach with creativity and passion.". President Barack Obama, State of the Union address 2012. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ben Speicher's Building a Great School blog. State of the Union. Lead a School and Lead a Balanced Life? View my complete profile. Simple template. Template images by luoman.
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Urban Aria: March 2012
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Sunday, March 18, 2012. The next day, they packed their things, flew back to all parts of the country, and hit the hard ground running, leaving the powerful weekend behind them. She then reported that, with her new tools and insights from the TLS training, she approached the student and chose to listen to him: heal before teaching. “What’s going on Quinton? Melissa Harris-Perry. Sister Citizen: Shame Stereotypes and Black Women in America.
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Urban Aria: The Science and Power of Gratitude
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Wednesday, November 23, 2011. The Science and Power of Gratitude. Labels: The Power of Gratitude. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Ben Speicher's Building a Great School blog. The Science and Power of Gratitude. View my complete profile. Simple template. Template images by luoman.
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Urban Aria: Lazy or Imaginative?
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Monday, October 10, 2011. Teaching, coaching and leading to deficits is lazy and unimaginative. Teaching, coaching and leading to assets can be transformational and brings out the best in your teachers and in you. As John Saphier of RBT (Research for Better Teaching) reminds us, teachers stay on their jobs longer and do better when they can be creative and know they will never be humiliated. Labels: Coaching and Mentoring. Force Field in the Classroom.
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Urban Aria: January 2011
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Thursday, January 13, 2011. To our fabulous Fisher Fellows for presenting their School Design Plans here in Chicago! Now they return home to turn their vision into reality. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ben Speicher's Building a Great School blog. Congratulations to our fabulous Fisher Fellows for. View my complete profile. Simple template. Template images by luoman.
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Urban Aria: November 2011
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Wednesday, November 23, 2011. The Science and Power of Gratitude. Labels: The Power of Gratitude. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ben Speicher's Building a Great School blog. The Science and Power of Gratitude. View my complete profile. Simple template. Template images by luoman.
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Urban Aria: May 2011
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Monday, May 2, 2011. There were times when we were so focused on problem solving and getting things done that we forgot to tell the story of where we were headed. President Obama on 5/2/11. Analyzing what he could have done better in his first 2.5 years in office. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Ben Speicher's Building a Great School blog. There were times when we were so focused on proble. View my complete profile.
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Urban Aria: July 2011
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Coaching Kids Toward Self-Reliance: the 4th of July Question. Yesterday, I posed this question to our incredible Leaders who are participating in KIPP School Leadership Programs (KSLP) Summer Institute at NYU:. To ponder on this 4th of July: How do we hold our Kids' hands while helping them learn self-reliance and independence? How do we hold our kids' hand while helping them learn self reliance and independence?
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Urban Aria: January 2012
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Practical wisdom and musings for urban School Leaders. Tuesday, January 24, 2012. State of the Union. Stop teaching to the test: teach with creativity and passion.". President Barack Obama, State of the Union address 2012. Monday, January 2, 2012. Lead a School and Lead a Balanced Life? I love the symmetry of today's date: 1/2/12. It feels and looks balanced. It brings to mind perhaps the most common coaching question I'm asked: How can I do this work and live a balanced life? We want urgent school leade...