Preparing for the Biggest A Word of the Year From Attention to Adaptability How are you preparing your atmosphere and attitude to accommodate the next generation of business owners who will sit in your classroom? Is your school preparing students for employment... or preparing them for adaptability? Today’s students will build portfolios, launch businesses, freelance, consult, create, and reinvent themselves multiple times throughout their lives. Click here to learn how Consider sharing this...

My Fav is Drab Math From Alfalfa to Algebra I share this memory because educators have the incredible opportunity, and I dare say responsibility to initiate a positive trajectory in a young person’s journey Everyone remembers their favorite teacher, right? Whether you admired their personality, their presence or their professionalism, something about them genuinely makes you warm inside when you say their name. For me it was my third and fourth grade teacher Ms. Janis Drab. It took me nearly...

Disability is NOT Inability From Panic to Public Public speaking is typically one of the biggest obstacles that students face, although it's modeled every day by each of their teachers. Taylor was one of my Special Education students whose business plan was solid. Her target market and financial data were precise, but was extremely nervous about speaking in front of the audience of parents, school officials and community members. She pitched though! One part of what I do as an...