Steele Thoughts: Things That Principals Know About Great Teachers

Steele Thoughts: Things That Principals Know About Great Teachers: I have had the privilege of working with many great teachers.  These are some things that are true about them: Great teachers don't...

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actually July 29

In many ways this was something I started at 22 when caring for NOT an “elderly” father but an ill father.  Alone my brother and sister not living here I became the child caregiver bathing and bath rooming my father as he struggled being treated for 2 different cancers, a stroke that occurred during a surgery. This resulted in 2 months of sitting at his bedside at in the intensive care unit at the old east side Columbia Hospital watching for when the respirator would kick in for this 57 year old father that physically appeared to be “elderly”. This pod cast is a very touching conversation that I am in the midst of once again now with my mother.

At  “30-31”  minutes in there is the discussion that describes where I am in my family dynamics as far as the caregiver .The end of this interview I am reminded of so many  issues so many people / families carry with them and keep close to their vest  ~ “close to their heart” We are not alone…

Wow years later and I feel the same way. To many people not minding their own business and improving them self. I have too much to thinking about what I am trying to get done to think about what other people are doing. But I have to admit I love helping people adding a creative spin to what they might do. Collaboration that is the important thing. How can we be positive and help each other be successful. Yeah that's the ticket!

A Kinder Way to Do It

In everything we do we need to think "is there a kinder way to do it?" From what we say to how we say it. For example when evaluations are given what is the intent of that evaluation? Is it for growth/improvement or to tell you what you do wrong? When people speak to each other do they think about what they say or how they say it? Is our fast pace world causing us to speak without thinking?