You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions. ~ Denis Waitley As a seventh grade science teacher, I spent time helping my students develop the…
Author: jdelp
I began my teaching career at an inner-city school in downtown Phoenix. For a young man who was from a very small town, in central Kansas, the diversity of the…
Lately, I have been struggling through a bit of a sophomore slump — if you will. I am over half-way through my second year as a junior high school principal,…
I find it intriguing that blogging has such a cathartic effect for me. There are many times that writing serves as an opportunity for me to organize thoughts, express frustrations,…
How we treat our best students shows our aspirations; how we treat our most challenging students shows our values. ~ Mendler and Curwin This past Friday, an incident occurred at…
This past week was a challenging one. I left campus on Friday feeling beaten-up, stressed-out and discouraged. Don’t worry too much about me…I’ll get over it, but it has led…
cc flickr photo by pink.polka In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~ Albert Einstein I am new to this “principal thing”, but I think I am slowly getting better…
cc flickr photo by striatic This week, I attended the Virtual Schools Symposium (iNacol) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Attending conferences, and leaving with a nauseating mix of frustration, excitement, confusion and…
cc flickr photo by R/DV/RS The reason things stay the same is because we stay the same. For things to change, we must change. ~ Eric Jensen Lately, I have…
Educators are adept at avoiding chain reactions. Especially those of us who work with middle school students. We are leery of situations that might careen out of control and we…
cc flickr photo by TMAB2003 I have been pondering educational matters…specifically, the challenges schools face in addressing the needs of ALL students and how this consideration should impact our efforts…
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. ~ Helen Keller As…
We have started something that we can not control. Students are gradually assuming more responsibility and ownership for what they learn and how they learn it. This is a good…
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new…
Some days, this job of being an educator is difficult. For awhile now, I have been watching a student, with whom I have invested a great deal of time, slowly…
If you think you can make a difference – you can. As adults, is there any doubt that we are more attentive, more purposeful, and more driven when pursing our…
There are a lot of people out their suffering, because they are not sharing. If we are not creating, we are consuming. We need to be creating more stuff. ~…