Motivating, encouraging, and celebrating life
My Momma was a beautiful person…inside and out. In most of the pictures of her, she is wearing a smile. In life, she taught my siblings and me how to smile, how to laugh (even when things weren’t going our way) and definitely how to have a sense of humor. She modeled that one well! She also taught us how to enjoy the little things.
Right before I retired, I started making digital download products for fellow elementary principals to help motivate, encourage, and celebrate their staff. At the time, I had plenty of room for an office area at home (i.e., a laptop, printer, paper, supplies, camera, and a photo shoot area) to produce the products. I never dreamed I’d be taking the show on the road…literally. Since 2018,
Last summer, my husband and I had the same short dialog nearly every day for a few months. Husband: We live in a bus!! Me: Do you like it? Husband: I think so. How about you? Me: I LOVE it!! (And then, of course, we would laugh.) We don’t actually live in a bus. We live full-time in a Recreational Vehicle (RV). An older Fleetwood
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
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
Need a simple idea to keep or increase the morale in your workplace? I used these motivational cards during my elementary principal days to encourage the staff and students. It became the “throwing the pebble in the water” effect…encouragement spread as they shared with others! I also call it “bragging rights” for the principal…yay! It’s an easy but powerful way to keep a positive atmosphere
This post may contain affiliate links. See the full disclosure here. Principals! Are you ready for a FUN challenge? This annual event, held the second week of November, is in conjunction with National Young Readers Week. It is sponsored by Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! program and the Library of Congress Center for the Book. What is the challenge? Principals pick one day during the second week
It’s nice to walk into a home or place of business and be greeted by someone who seems happy that you’ve come. It’s a sense of being valued. Throw in a genuine smile and you’ve just made someone’s day! “Visitor Welcome Cards” are designed to help do just that. “Thanks for visiting!”, “Thanks for stopping by…” The variety of messages on the cards is simple
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
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
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for more details here. Photo by Zachary Nelson on Unsplash I was one of those principals who loved learning about temperament or character types. If you’ve been in the educational profession for any length of time you’ve taken them. Most tests have four different types (although the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® MBTI test® has 16). Perhaps you know
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
