Frankly, I think that the Bible is probably the best leadership manual ever written.
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It covers lots of different situations.
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Lots of different people.
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Wise, wise, advice.....
1. To everything there is a season......
Everyone (teachers, students and administrators) should eat lunch at different times. Eating lunch at 10:30 a.m. is never fun.
No one should always get the last period of the day for planning. Hey, and what about the idea that all teachers get some planning every day?
All God’s children get to do duty....be it morning, lunch, after school or parking lot.
2. And the greatest of these is love......
It is hard not having a date for the Prom.
Breaking up is hard to do.
"I know you don’t want to take four years of (insert least favorite content subject) because you love (most favorite content subject) and you want to take all of the (easiest content class) you can take.”
No Pig Latin is not an approved second language...good try though.
No, your "Uncle Hunk" may not sign you out.....good try though.
The caller ID says you are at Disney World....you might want to revamp the story of why you are not at work.....good try though.
3. Jesus loved the little children.....
No lie. You get more bang for your buck on the front end of education instead of the back side of education.
Primary teachers are saints. They also like to help everyone.
Being a teacher of young students reminds me of someone trying to put cats in a sack....it’s fascinating to watch.
Small children usually have no filters on their thoughts.
Secondary teacher are saints. They love to help teenagers grow into productive members of society with some content knowledge to rely on.
Teenagers usually have no filters on their mouths when they get started on a roll. It's either fight or flight.
Middle school students and middle school teachers are indeed the rarest of rare breeds. God bless them all. I remember Rosalind Rodrick telling Mike that he didn't have to write so small. She thought his mother would buy him more paper to get through the year. My kids have not been in middle school since 1999....twenty years. When I see their teachers, they always ask about them. That's amazing! They are saints as well! Their halos might be a tad askew!
4. Luke 6:31"Treat others the same way you want them to treat you"
If you, AS A PARENT, don’t want to do car pool, do you really think our teachers want to work car pool?
Listen when people talk to you. Don’t play with your phone, your computer, or your other electronic toys. This is for every one.
Everyone is important in a school.
(Side note: I grew into loving it when people threaten to get me fired. I always gave them my business card and asked them to spell my name correctly.)
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It's easy to write this from the comfort of my own home. Just remember folks-- everyone has a story-- be it the teacher, the student, the parent, the principal, the bus driver, the lunch room lady, the coach, the community! I hope this school year 2019-2020 is absolutely the best ever.
Corinthians 13:4-7
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