Sunday, September 10, 2017

Not Just Cute and 30 Million Words

I just read a very interesting article on the “Not JustCute” website, a website dedicated to whole child education in the early years.  The article was about how we speak to our children and how it can make a big difference in their long-term success.  I was shocked to learn that, on average, the children of professional parents hear…
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Friday, June 16, 2017

Gratitude

I know it isn’t Thanksgiving, but it is my last Notidirectiva so I thought it would be good to focus on gratitude.   I have been expressing my gratitude a lot over the past few months as I thank people for everything from their daily support to small moments to huge efforts to my 50th Birthday celebration…
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

This is your Brain on Exercise

Thursday afternoon while walking up to the buses to say goodbye to the students for the day I stopped to talk to a couple of our elementary students.  They were heading home to start their homework.  I asked them what they did before starting. I asked them because our bodies have this thing called a…
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Friday, February 17, 2017

Real Skills and Kindergarten (Grade 0)

I recently read an article by Seth Godin, who is a business guru and Human Resource expert.  He was writing about what, in the business world, are called “soft skills.”  When we think of someone in their job, we generally first think of the vocational skills – the hard skills – that are needed.  Doctors need medical skills; Engineers…
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Thursday, January 12, 2017

Happy, Messy, Trying Harder, New Year!

As we enter the New Year, there is a lot being written about what to expect from 2017, and the uncertainties that it will hold. Given my own personal and professional changes that are coming, and those that are inevitable in the transition for Granadino, I can only begin to try to guess what this…
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I have the good fortune of being the Director of the International School of Krakow, a wonderful, multicultural school in the South of Poland. At ISK we believe that our students should be empowered to be creative and critical thinkers, encouraged to discover and pursue their individual passions and talents in a supportive and caring community, because regardless of where they are coming from – or heading to – all of our students have the capacity and responsibility to contribute positively to an ever changing world.

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