How I Found The Secret Sauce For over 25 years I have been told my greatest strength as a teacher and coach was my ability to develop heart filled relationships and authentically connect with my students and players. Had I been given the secret sauce as a gift and didn’t even realize it? I knew I was not the greatest …
Find Your Hero
With the culture around education today we all need a hero. Educators, Administrators, Teachers, and Coaches are often looked to as hero’s. But being someone’s hero can take its toll. The climate around education today might be as bad as it has ever been. Educators everywhere are feeling like they are not valued, not seen, and especially not heard. We …
Falling Through The Cracks
3 Types of Students, We Fail To See Most Often. As an educator I like to think that I never miss a kid. That I see, hear and value them all. But the reality is that I can’t catch them all. I know I have missed some, I know that there are students who for one reason or another I …
One Word
Believe it, Speak it, and Live it in 2022 There is such power in our words. Our tongues have the ability to build up and tear down. What we believe, what we speak, we can do. So as we head into 2022, what is that ONE WORD that aligns with your dreams, your vision, that will bring purpose to your …
Building Relationships – One Day At A Time
For the longest time the thing I did best as a teacher and coach escaped me in my personal life. Building relationships came naturally to me in my career as an educator. I think I saw myself in my students and by trying to fill the holes in their lives was a way to avoid the big hole I had …
In Our Rush Back To Normal, Let’s Think, Was Normal Really Working?
There is such a rush to get back to normal. Was normal really working anyway? Or could it be the normal had just become comfortable? Just like that down blanket I cover up with on cold nights as I sit in my chair, mindlessly watching television. It is my normal routine most evenings but that normal really is just complacent …
My Cornerstone by Marshal Hurst
My Cornerstone by Marshal Hurst I was recently reading the book Culturize by Jimmy Casas and in it, he talks about being encouraged to share his voice through blogging. It made me start thinking about stories that I have shared about myself over the years but have never written down. What better way to improve my writing than to practice. …
Focus On The Process or Trip Over The Talent
Focus on the process or trip over the talent. As educators, when we focus on the process, the daily disciplines, we can help our students and athletes achieve great things. But we can also trip over the talent. Whether it be in classroom or on the playing field. We can confuse talent as a bridge to a quick fix and …
If You Can’t See Me, You Can’t Reach Me.
If You Can’t See Me, You Can’t Reach Me How many have I missed? How many students, with big dreams locked away inside of them, did I just not see. Screaming out to me, “Coach, if you can’t see me, you can’t reach me”. Did I overlook them because I thought they were an inconvenience? As a teacher and coach …
Happy Holiday Triggers
By: Michelle Frank The effects of addiction on holidays This year on the 4th of July. Food, friends and the crack and boom of fireworks. Not for me. A holiday intended to celebrate freedom was once again a reminder of my slavery to the memories of holidays past with an addict. Oh, those wonderful happy holiday triggers. As I drove …