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Continue reading →: About intentions: PositivityI haven’t declared my New Year’s resolution this year because, for me, this practice has become redolent with the stink of failure. I look back on the resolutions I’ve made these past five years and I haven’t successfully achieved any of them.
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Continue reading →: Middle-leaders Collaborative: How do you handle “lame-duck” days?The holidays are approaching. Working with middle school kids on the days preceding a vacation can be particularly challenging. How do you make it work? This post is a collaboration between a group of middle school leaders from across the country. Periodically, these passionate and dedicated middle school principals share…
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Continue reading →: How do you build belonging in your school and your school community? (Middle-Level Collaborative)The feeling of belonging is arguably one of the most critical variables in the success of a young adolescent at school. Think about the places where you feel most safe, happy, willing to take risks. These are all places where you feel that you belong.
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Continue reading →: Middle leaders collaborative: One characteristic of great middle school leadersName one characteristic of all great middle school leaders This post is a collaboration between a group of middle school leaders from across the country. Periodically, these passionate and dedicated middle school principals share their thoughts on issues of relevance for those “in the middle”. Donald Gately. Middle School Principal,…
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Continue reading →: Middle-Level Leaders Collaborative: Who’s your “go-to” person?This post is a collaboration between a group of middle school leaders from across the country. Periodically, these passionate and dedicated middle school principals share their thoughts on issues of relevance for those “in the middle”. Working at the middle-level is uniquely challenging. Nobody can do it alone. Who is…
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Continue reading →: Middle School Principals’ Collaborative: Beginning of the Year EssentialsThis post is a collaboration between a group of middle school leaders from across the country. Periodically, these passionate and dedicated middle school principals share their thoughts on issues of relevance for those “in the middle”. Topic: The 2019-20 school year started over the past month across the country. What…
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Continue reading →: About learning: You’re not always saving livesYou would think that we could have mastered these techniques even with horrible teachers, in a lousy environment, with no videos and no opportunities to practice on dummies. But this isn’t true. If none of these factors were in place, we likely would not have successfully re-certified in first aid…
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Continue reading →: About Learning: “Hey, you had the lighter one”When mom came back with the bottles, she took Ryan first. Feeling the difference between the weight of the two when I handed Harper to Danielle, my wife said, “Hey, you had the lighter one.” So funny.
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Continue reading →: About our legacy: What details will be rememberedWhenever you ask young adolescents about the adults in their lives, their teachers, administrators, their bus driver, the lunch ladies, they always focus on some quirky detail that is the part that becomes the whole.
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Continue reading →: About parenting: You’re not so badFor years I’ve had a sneaky suspicion that I was a horrible parent. It wasn’t anything obvious. I never left my children in a car with the windows rolled up on a hot day. My kids always have money in their lunch accounts at school. We have a pool in…
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In the middle of learning - by Donald F. Gately 
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