A professional educator is value driven, guided by principles, passion and a purpose bigger than themselves. A professional educator is a need analyst who s competent to diagnose and prescribe options for educational success and significance. A professional educator believes their work is a vocation and calling rather than an occupation where one merely occupies… Read more »
Many Faces, Many Places Are you a character mentor? As you think about that question for a moment, isolate your response by knowing I’m not asking what you did or currently do professionally. Clearly, character mentors are camouflaged in our society. They are parents, grandparents and volunteers. And, yes, they are teachers, coaches, business professionals,… Read more »
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
“Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching kids what counts is best.” – Bob Talbert
It takes Courage to care about each member of the family and the struggles they face! It takes Courage to care about friends and the daily test they encounter. To let them know you will stand by them through each struggle. It takes Courage to complete each commitment you make toward others. It takes Courage… Read more »
For all those times you stood by me For all the truth that you made me see For all the joy you brought to my life For all the wrong that you made right For every dream you made come true For all the love I found in you Ill be forever thankful baby You… Read more »
Self-Responsibility “The buck stops here” Harry Truman, our thirty-third U.S. President, made those words famous. As our commander-in-chief at the perilous end of World War II, Mr. Truman exemplified self-responsibility leadership.
I had rather do and not promise than promise and not do. – Arthur Warwick
Honor, worthily obtained, is in its nature a personal thing, and incommunicable to any but those who had some share in obtaining it. – Benjamin Franklin
What is fair? What is right? What is weakness? What is might? What is stronger? The sword, or honesty? Brute strength, or integrity? One must do the job That lays at hand, Try to forgive, to understand. To take life’s knocks, Accept one’s fate To go through life Try not to hate. Temptations are many,… Read more »
