Tag: Daniel Pink
Sorry, but I Won’t Think for You
As a school administrator and former special education teacher, I have tremendous respect and high regard for teachers. Occasionally, the teaching field can be extremely-difficult, stressful, and full of delayed gratification. Teachers are the “front-line force” for implementing a school district and school building’s goals and objectives. It is teachers that face the numerous academic, [...]
My Faculty Answers the Question, “What is My Sentence?”
Today was a special day in the North Kansas City School District and for Golden Oaks Education Center–it was the first day faculty and support staff returned for the start of the 2011-12 school year. As is customary in schools across the nation, building principals and instructional coaches kick-off the school year with themed “Welcome [...]
School Administrators Must Allow Teachers to Stretch
Warning: This blog post will be preaching to the “Daniel Pink Choir,” so tune-away if you’re not interested in Pink’s book and motivational theory! This summer, I dedicated the vast majority of my “free time” toward researching, writing, researching more, writing more, and researching even more so I can complete my research proposal and inevitably [...]
