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Leadership Means People
In Peter Northhouse’s “Leadership: Theory and Practice” he discusses, among other things, the important work of Robert Katz who found...
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Nov 26, 20242 min read
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Instructional Supervision: It Requires Time, Energy and Priorities
It was 1986 and all I had left in my degree program was student teaching. A small, local Christian school was looking for a music...
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Sep 25, 20243 min read
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Make or Break the School Year Before it Begins
I was at my local coffee shop doing some work and overheard a group of teachers talking. I love this time of year because teacher teams...
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Aug 8, 20242 min read
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Hiring As An Act of Worship
Hiring the right people is one thing, but getting people in the right place is equally important. Jim Collins (2017) wrote about this in...
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Jul 20, 20242 min read
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It May Not Be What You Think: Another Look At Learning Differences
I have heard numerous educators and school heads comment on the growth in learning differences in our schools. This trend existed before...
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Feb 14, 20242 min read
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Protect Yourself from the Possible; Maybe Even Inevitable
This past summer the Supreme Court session ended with a decision that may have a significant impact on Christian Schools… but not for the...
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Jan 15, 20242 min read
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Christmas is About the Future
This Christmas I have been meditating on the conditions that Christ was born into. In Isaiah we see that the Messiah would be called...
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Dec 11, 20232 min read
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Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad? WRONG
It was 1988 and I was sitting in a celebration Chapel service marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of my college. I remember one...
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Aug 27, 20234 min read
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What Can Be Learned After a Career as an Educator
It is common to have significant periods of reflection when major life change occurs. This month I retired after 38 years in K-12...
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Jun 15, 20233 min read
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Has the Countdown Begun or is Time Running Out?
Several years ago, there was a commercial that showed the school bell ringing and all of the students running out the front door with...
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May 10, 20232 min read
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Can You Keep Your Teachers During the Recession?
Last month I wrote about what I call the coming teacher recession. It is not only the teacher shortage that we need to be prepared for,...
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Apr 15, 20232 min read
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Are You Prepared for the Teacher Recession?
In the past year we have seen an alarming amount of studies and trends that indicate the teacher shortage is here to stay. When we look...
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Mar 8, 20232 min read
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Where Can Unity in Diversity Be Found in Christian Schools?
The month of February is a big month in schools. Much of the curriculum-based class discussions take detours into topics of diversity...
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Feb 19, 20232 min read
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Do Christian School Leaders Really Get It?
In Jesus own words, He came to serve, not be served (Matt. 20:28). This is usually discussed in the context of demonstrating the...
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Jan 7, 20232 min read
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An Abraham Moment
In Genesis 12 there is a key plot point in God’s redemptive story. God tells Abraham to leave everything and begin traveling. He...
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Dec 24, 20222 min read
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