Survival is the approach some take to each day, just trying to get through to the end. But not Dr. Amy Swann. She has developed a tenacity for achieving the desired goals, no matter what sacrifices and hard work are required to navigate through the obstacles.

Quotes:

Dr. Amy Swann: “As leaders, we need to go, oh that didn’t work. Hey team, let’s come together. And how can we strategize this? How can we make a plan to get this right? Because that was a good idea, that just didn’t work.”

Dr. Amy Swann: “I can improve what I’m doing. Doesn’t mean that you’re not still doing a good job, but you know, do we want to be good or do we want to be great?”

Dr. Amy Swann: “We learn from great leaders and we learn from the leaders where we’re like, it doesn’t have to be that way.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to persevere under trial today?

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Educators who love what they do have greater joy and are more productive--they know how to unleash potential through that personal touch.

Quotes:

Leo Buscaglia: “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

Plato: “At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.”

Christa McAuliffe: “I touch the future. I teach.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to share that personal touch today?

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The art of teaching, when properly practiced, utilizes the emotion of surprise, helping those we influence see themselves and the world anew through profound truths, reliable principles, and creative solutions.

Quotes:

Henri Nouwen: “Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise.”

Ashley Montagu: “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.”

Charles Morgan: “There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man’s shoulder.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to receive this day’s surprise?

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Each day we make subtle choices that move us closer to or further from our goals. Starting the morning with zealous humility and curiosity to calibrate our expertise enables us to listen to our body, to our soul, and even the One who makes us whole.

Quotes:

Margaret J. Wheatley: “Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.”

Bible Verse:

2 Corinthians 10:12 “We would not dare put ourselves in the same class with, or compare ourselves to, those who recommend themselves. Whenever they measure themselves by their own standards or compare themselves among themselves, they show how foolish they are.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to learn from my reflections today?

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We're all going to fail—that’s life—but victory is won by those who seek wise counsel and convert that pain into opportunity to learn, adjust, and grow.

Quotes:

Alfred North Whitehead: “No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.”

Jean de La Fontaine: “Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.”

Bible Verse:

Proverbs 12:15 A stubborn fool considers his own way the right one, but a person who listens to advice is wise.

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to heed wisdom today?

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In the last quarter of the school year, the opportunities for grace seem to multiply. So we have to dig deeper, stay true to our noble calling, and be disciplined in grace.

Quotes:

Friedrich Nietzsche: “He who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself; 

and if you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze into you.”

Mark Twain: “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

Tyler Perry: “It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such

a powerful place, because it frees you.”

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to plant seeds of grace today?

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Few talk about the fact that education is a dirty job that even Mike Rowe esteems. Our real impact is providing the best soil and the conditions for others to flourish.

Quotes:

Plato: “People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.”

Howard Warren Buffet: “Soil is a living ecosystem, and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive capacity is directly related to the health of his or her soil.”

Bible Verse:

Matthew 13:23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit.

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to be great dirt today?

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Very little about anger produces righteousness. Instead, it most often reveals the worst of us by escalating reckless thinking and actions that violate our core beliefs.

Quotes:

Dale Carnegie: Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”

Epictetus: “Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.”

Bible Verse:

Matthew 5:24-25 A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to opt for love over anger today?

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Conflict is part of the path, but we refuse to linger long there because the cancer of resentment and vengeance consumes a heart made for joy.

Quotes:

Ian Fleming: “You only live twice: Once when you’re born and once when you look death in the face.”

Steve Jobs: “If you live each day as it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.”

Bible Verse:

Matthew 5:24-25 First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift. Settle matters quickly with your adversary.

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to settle up today?

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Scott Barron dives into the opportunities that we have to be exceptional and why it is important that we seek to stand out as exceptional educators.

Quotes:

Charles Osgood: “There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be

an exception to the rule.”

Sean Dyche: “Consistency of performance is essential. You don't have to be exceptional every week but as a minimum you need to be at a level that even on a bad day you get points on the board.”

Bible Verse:

Titus 2:7-8a Show yourself in all respects to be a  model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech.

Coaching Question: Did I do my best to be notably exceptional today?

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