What keeps you from being wholly present for your students, your friends, your church? What distractions are you allowing, or encouraging, to divide your energy and attention? Joey calls us to pay attention to our attention by...

How would you rate your personal organization? Whether you are a 1 or a 10, says Joey, there are likely ways you can better manage your time, tasks, and information flow. Why does this matter? Because disorganization has a direct...

Teachers know things their students need to learn. But teaching is not merely about imparting a static body of knowledge. Do you model for your students a life of growth in understanding and wisdom? Joey offers seven principles...

We are surrounded by the noise of a dysfunctional world. How do we not only survive but serve others in this world? Joey reminds us that the world not only produces noise; it influences our motivations. Are your habits making you...

Howard When I sat down with the school board to talk about looking for a replacement and charting a course for that, one of the things they came back to me with was, "can you quantify what it is that you do?" Transition is Hard...

Photo by d0n mil0 from Pexels Social media and news outlets seem intent on convincing us that COVID-19 is either a) an overblown, politically saturated, economy ruining bad joke or b) an unprecedented, deadly health threat that...

This template guides teachers in creating assignments for K-8 students studying at home during the COVID-19 break.

Countryside administration shares its plan for continuing education during the school break.

(Anthony) So little problems, so little solutions. That's a rule of thumb that we use here at school good bit. Sometimes in talking to even students, I'll say, "So remember little problems…" They'll say, "Little solutions." I do...

What kind of classroom culture do you want? Joey Shantz wants his 7th graders to enjoy, rather than dread, learning. The classroom, he says, can be a fun, motivating place where students began to accept the discipline of their...