Get a fresh start

What do you believe?

This question will probe at your core, make you wildly uncomfortable, but with a bit of grunt and grit, the answer that emerges has the potential to transform the second half of your school year. When I talk with the graduate students I teach and reflect upon my days with the six- and seven-year-old children in my classroom, it is the question that serves as my litmus test for my interactions and practice. Does what I say, do the lessons I teach, do the learning opportunities I create, match what I believe?

The start of a new year offers us a reboot with our students, colleagues, and administration.