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As part of the Lower School’s effort to learn more about the shared inquiry approach, Tai Hart, a 5th grade Humanities teacher at Westminster School, led an effort to bring the Great Books Foundation to campus to run a daylong workshop on shared inquiry in our February 2019 In-Service Day. Twenty teachers attended and had…
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I listened to a fascinating On Being podcast that was recorded in 2007 with the acoustic biologist, Katy Payne. Payne has studied the vocalizations/songs of elephants and whales for nearly 40 years. Her elephant study, entitled, Elephant Listening Project, explores the mysterious world of elephant vocalizations, many of which the human ear cannot detect. In…
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“There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” These words from Leonard Cohen’s song, Anthem, suggest the essential work each of us must do on our life’s journey. If each of us is a “work in progress,” and we all have “cracks,” then our work is to identify and…
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Here is a quote from Leonardo da Vinci that sets the stage for our work as leaders, coaches, teachers, and human beings. One can have no smaller or greater mastery, than mastery of oneself. Leadership development rests on foundational work a leader must do to get to know him or herself as a person. Developing…
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When will we act on gun violence in the United States instead of responding with grief and sadness. If I were in some way a victim I would not want the grief and sadness from any lawmaker who is unwilling to act on stricter laws controlling guns in the United States. Keep your grief or…
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