Motivating, encouraging, and celebrating life
A few words that come to mind when I think of teachers. Hard-working, diligent, always-seeing-the-good, and LOVE! To me, teachers include everyone in a school that works with children. From the custodial staff, cafeteria workers, teachers aides, specials teachers…everyone! I appreciate those who are not teachers taking the time to THANK a teacher. I can’t tell you the number of notes, letters, or gifts I
I’m so excited! These cards are what I was looking for when I was an elementary principal to THANK my wonderful staff at the end-of-the-year. (But actually, you can use this download any time of year.) TWO SIZES to choose from – 20 full-page (fold in half) OR 10 half-page. Pictured below: Full-page on the left, half-page on the right. Just print and fold the
Appreciating, celebrating, and boosting staff morale has always been a passion for me. I’ve had so much fun putting together the files for School Appreciation Days (see below). Your maintenance workers, paraprofessionals, school nurse, and many more are included. In each download you find innumerable ways to appreciate, personalize, and give gifts to show school personnel how much they are loved in an inexpensive way!
Years ago I heard about a leader that would greet her staff with “Happy National ______ Day!” and hand them a piece of gum, sticker, or a small token to commemorate the holiday. I could imagine walking into her building with an expectation of celebrating something fun no matter how small…or how momentary. Different and FUN are my two reasons for the creation of the
(Photo credit: Tommy Brown) An active visible principal is a viable one. We’ve moved from the principal as a manager to one that is an effective education leader. But how do you balance those administrative business duties (office time) with making an appearance in the classrooms? I found the “Classroom Visitation Calendar” a valuable tool to document the principal’s time spent in classrooms. It was
Art Linkletter was a radio and television host in the 1950s through the 1970s. One of his lasting legacies was the entertaining interviews with children that would appear on a 15-minute segment of his program entitled Kids Say the Darndest Things. (Not the “dandiest”.) When I first became a teacher, I bought a journal to write down the cute and funny sayings that would come
Showing up at work with two different shoes (when it’s NOT the national holiday for that!), wearing a piece of clothing inside out, coming out of the restroom with your skirt hiked up and showing your backside, etc. We’ve ALL had embarrassing moments in our lives. I started young. My momma told me on more than one occasion, “Gail, what happens to you happens to
This post may contain affiliate links. See the full disclosure here. Early in my teaching career, my principal called a leadership team meeting. Sitting on top of the table in the conference room was a small pre-k size blue chair. The chair represented our students. I was told to keep my students first and foremost. Taking care of the needs of our students was to be everyone’s
It was alarming to me to read research released by The Gallup Group, that only 87% of the workforce is either partially engaged or totally disengaged. In other words, they are physically there but not mentally or emotionally. YIKES! I was in a store a couple of days later and sadly got a first-hand look at this. I asked the lady behind the counter a
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for details here. During my elementary school principal years, I had a master kindergarten teacher that was amazing. She was quiet, sweet, and totally adored by her co-workers, parents, and students. She also made teaching look oh so easy! I made the mistake one time of bragging about her in a staff meeting. She was sitting
A few words that come to mind when I think of teachers. Hard-working, diligent, always-seeing-the-good, and LOVE! To me, teachers include everyone in a school that works with children. From the custodial staff, cafeteria workers, teachers aides, specials teachers…everyone! I appreciate those who are not teachers taking the time to THANK a teacher. I can’t tell you the number of notes, letters, or gifts I
If you’ve visited this page previously, I’ve changed it up! I’m attaching a link to a FREEBIES category so that you can add to the cart and then have unlimited downloads for that product. That way I can update the items along the way without you losing the link. I hope that makes sense! And if it doesn’t, no worries…just click the link below for
