Leading From The Heart

by Tracy Rosen, teaching & consulting since 1996, blogging about it here since 2007. All views are my own and you should take them with a grain of salt, I do.

Inspiration

for now I plan…

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…on doing what I need to do to make me happy, to make me feel instrumental. That will make me a better teacher. What about you?

The winding down of summer vacation

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This time of year always seems rather unreal. Logically I know that my vacation is waning – the stark reality is that I head back to work next Wednesday but until I walk into the school, it doesn’t seem real. Even though I have definitely been thinking about the school year to come. I started … The winding down of summer vacation

The Watkinson Garden

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[cross-posted at 09/10~Looking Forward] During our conversation on climate change, Marcy Webb told me about a girl named Mary, a high school student who “…has chosen to devote her summer to sustainability. She is helping to cultivate an herb and veggie garden, on the school grounds. The goal is that the bounty from the garden … The Watkinson Garden

Being together

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Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life. Isaac Bashevis Singer (via nezua) Yesterday I commented on Kelly Hines’ post Core Beliefs about my own core belief that learning happens in community. Today I found this beautiful sentence in  Michael Doyle’s post Puddles: When one wanders away from one’s usual world, it’s good to have company. … Being together

Teacher Appreciation Card

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A Card For Teachers via kwout A Card For Teachers via kwout