Shortly after starting the 2019 school year, I met in small groups with teachers, students, and parents to talk about a few simple rules that, if adopted by all, could help to make our community a more emotionally safe and academically sound place of learning, living, and working for all. These are those rules: Rule … Continue reading 2019 Part 2: Rules to Live By →

By 2019, Entrepreneurial Thinking and Action had become a fundamental part of who we are at Lincoln. We'd partnered with Babson College the year before and had members of the Lewis Institute visit our campus for three days to introduce us to their model of entrepreneurial education and the EPIC curriculum. They helped us understand … Continue reading 2019: Claymation →

Ok, one last example from 2018. We started the year with a presentation on Moonshot Thinking and then followed that up with Houston, We Have a Problem which included the Marshmallow Challenge. I felt like we needed one more thing, dessert. So, once again with groups of faculty, students, and parents we convened small groups … Continue reading 2018 Part 3: The Brownie Bake-Off →

Shortly after the 2018-2019 school year began, I started a series of faculty professional development sessions and parent coffees aimed at continuing our work in engaging stakeholders in moonshot thinking and examining our beliefs, policies, and procedures. The first of these centered on what we now refer to as Entrepreneurial Thinking, but at the time … Continue reading 2018 Part 2: Houston We Have A Problem →

2018 at Lincoln School Costa Rica began again with us coming together as a full faculty and staff to set a course for the year. This time, our theme would be Moonshot Thinking, and again I began with a story. This time the story was true (or at least I think it's true, or based … Continue reading 2018: Moonshot Thinking →

In 2017, we started a trend at Lincoln School Costa Rica of beginning our year as a full-faculty with a theme that we could come back to throughout the year. We started that year by telling our team the story of the Three Bricklayers. Its a great story, but since then I've been retelling it … Continue reading 2017: Know Your Why →

As a professional educator with over 25 years of experience at all levels of both public and independent education in the United States and abroad, I have found that when treated with respect, honesty, and compassion, all people react by giving the best of themselves. With that in mind, my practice is founded on the … Continue reading My Philosophy of Education and Leadership →