Darrin M Peppard Ed.D. #RoadToAwesome
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Thought leader, speaker, leadership coach, & author helping leaders gain clarity, walk in purpose, and find joy in the work - 🎙 Leaning into Leadership Podcast
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In honor of teacher appreciation week , thank you teachers for all you do. But mostly, thank you for making little people a little bit better little people.
To the teachers doing the work every day, thank you.
You make a difference. 🙏🙏🙏
#RoadToAwesome
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The best leaders are mentally strong. They recharge, they don’t dwell or linger on negative thoughts. They don’t blame, nor do they wish failure for others…
#RoadToAwesome
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Wrote this down at a conference many years ago...happened across it today. We cannot forget our teachers are people first, and they just want to be heard
#RoadToAwesome
#leadership
#JoyfulLeaders
#TuesdayThoughts
#KidsDeserveIt
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Hey educators, I’m wrapping up my 26th year in the profession - how many for you??
#EducatorsMatter
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As we “fall back” and head for the holiday season, let this be a reminder that kindness is not seasonal - it’s timeless and it’s a choice.
#BeKind
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Good teachers meet kids where they are - great teachers meet kids where they are and take them where they need to go
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
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Teachers and administrators: as you reset this summer, make sure you keep these important words from
@casas_jimmy
in mind - challenge everyone in your organization this coming year to have the right
#Mindset
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#ownyourepic
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Leaders: be intentional about letting people know they are valued, trusted, and loved. It’s amazing what people will do and how loyal they’ll be when you lead with love
#RoadToAwesome
#impact
#suptchat
#sundayvibes
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It might be your last day of the break and you might be dreading tomorrow, counting down the hours.
You're not alone, but some kids are counting the hours until they get to see you
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#edchat
#SundayThoughts
#NextLevelTeaching
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Kids need teachers who believe in them and support their passions. Teachers need leaders who believe in them and their passions too
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#joyfulleaders
#leadership
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Great educators know the most important thing they do every day is to build relationships
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
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Leadership is not about being in charge - it is about taking care of those in your charge
@DrFrankRud
@Dwight_Carter
#JoyfulLeaders
#POY16
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Trying to build positive culture and climate? Start by never forgetting this message (via Rick Cozad)
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#JRNC
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Self-care involves more than just physical activity. To be mentally strong, consider the following habits of mind:
#WednesdayMotivation
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Nothing is more important right now, leaders, than inspiring hope.
Let’s be honest, times are tough but educators are tougher. They still need your heart, your core, your strength. They need YOUR leadership.
You’ve got this
#RoadToAwesome
#LeadershipMatters
#FridayVibes
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One of the most difficult yet crucial lessons a leader can learn. Being the last one in the room to speak, listening to and encouraging every voice, THAT’s leadership.
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
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Focus your energies on growing good humans; kids who can be productive in life, make good decisions about their futures, and who are compassionate to those around them. Those are the outcomes that really matter!!
#RoadToAwesome
#kidsdeserveit
#OwnYourEpic
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Great leaders work tirelessly on things they can control and learn to let go that which they cannot...where is your focus?
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
#edchat
#leadupchat
#leadership
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All kids, regardless their background, SES, creed, color, religion, or race deserve to have the opportunity to get a great education. Let’s take care of their teachers please...
#RoadToAwesome
#KidsDeserveIt
#JoyfulLeaders
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Teachers: don't forget kids are excited to start the year too-don't spoil that with rules and consequences
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
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Leadership is about creating conditions where success is inevitable. It happens through building relationships, trust, and interdependence within the team - a shared culture of "WE"
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#leadership
#MondayMotivation
#NoGhosts
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I offer you this guarantee: every new school year comes with some type of change. New staff, new kids, new standards, new challenges. How you choose to approach the change is up to you.
#ChooseGrowth
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#SundayThoughts
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A leader is someone who reminds others of this every day through their actions, beliefs, and attitude
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
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Great leaders put their team and their organizational
#culture
as their top priority-success and learning cannot happen in a climate of compliance and fear
#RoadToAwesome
#leadership
#JoyfulLeaders
#edchat
#cpchat
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Leaders: a big part of your culture is established every day in how you choose to see and value those around you. Never let a student or an adult pass your face without saying hi or paying them a compliment
#RoadToAwesome
#satchat
#edutwitter
#teachertwitter
#principals
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"Don't ask young people what they want to be when they grow up. Instead ask them who are you becoming right now?" Via
@HowJavierThinks
#Kapow
#JRNC
#RoadToAwesome
#WeAreWestGrand
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Two questions...asked in rapid fire style changed my view of education, of leadership, in an instant.
“Why does it always have to be about what they do wrong? Why can’t it be about what they do right?”
What was THAT moment for you?
#
#RoadToAwesome
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Schools take on the attitude and style of their leaders. Knowing that, reflect on your school's culture and climate. Has your school become a reflection of your leadership? Are you good with that??
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#CultureED
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Great leaders know they have to step out of the box; invite, cajole, and pull others with them for amazing things to happen in their organizations. This can only happen if the culture of the organization is built on trust and love
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
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There are plenty of people in the world who will root against you. You don’t need them, kick ‘em to the curb if they are in your circle, spend time with people who’ll lift you up not those that try to tear you down - that’s life on the
#RoadToAwesome
#risebyliftingothers
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As leaders, we must understand and model a “learn by doing” attitude. This creates a culture that allows for innovation and empowerment
#RoadToAwesome
#satchat
#leadershipmatters
#leadership
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There is absolutely no substitute for hard work! Nothing inspires me more than those willing to truly work hard
#RoadToAwesome
#joyfulleaders
#OwnYourEpic
#leadership
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Leadership is personal. It's building relationships, trust, and collective efficacy. But great
#leaders
already know this
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#SundayThoughts
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Leaders: too many outsiders are dictating the narrative of our schools. We must ensure all our educators, students, and families know the truth about our schools - and it requires us to be the narrator of the story
#RoadToAwesome
#suptchat
#mondaythoughts
#edutwitter
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As educators, we sometimes blame the parents for a variety of things we cannot control. Let's not forget, though, most parents are trying as hard as they can and could honestly use our support.
#RoadToAwesome
#joyfulleaders
#PrinLeaderChat
#edchat
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When you aren’t happy, it is very difficult to be a positive influence on anyone. A change may be the best thing you can do for yourself and for those who follow you. Never forget to take care of yourself on the
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
#leadership
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Sometimes kids just need to know somebody sees them, hears them, and loves them!!
#PCRocks
Hey educators, dont forget to be that light for a kid
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#leadership
#OwnYourEpic
#KidsDeserveIt
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Whether you're a teacher, school leader, in business, health care, or any other walk of life, you can never go wrong by treating the people around you with kindness, love, and appreciating them for who they are
#RoadToAwesome
#SaturdayThoughts
#JoyfulLeaders
#kindness
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Education must be every adult doing everything they can for every student...every day
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
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Great leadership doesn’t happen by accident-it’s a product of being very intentional, honest, and inspiring
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
#Leadership
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It could be easy to doubt yourself, to think "I can't possibly make a difference". But you do, and you will - with every effort you put forward, YOU make a difference!!
#YouMatter
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#StayFierce
#ThoughtOfTheDay
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Some kids challenge us, some make it easier but reality is they all need some help along the way - that's truly why we have teachers ❤️
#RoadToAwesome
#edchat
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Hire the principal who gets out the mop and cleans up a spill rather than calling for help on his radio, hire the teacher who sits down and talks to kids in the halls, the custodian who gets to know kids...yeah!!
Hire the type of person who stops to pick up trash on the floor b/c they take pride in where they work even though it's not ‘officially’ their job.
#hr
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A common misconception in
#leadership
is a belief that one must have all the answers. This leads to some leaders speaking more than they should and listening far less
#RoadToAwesome
#leadersguide
#JoyfulLeaders
#JRNC
#leadupchat
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Self-care involves more than just physical activity. To be mentally strong, consider the following habits of mind:
#RoadToAwesome
#LeaningIntoLeadership
#suptchat
#edutwitter
#SundayThoughts
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Great leaders know how to be ‘culture caretakers’ and to develop others on their
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
- thanks
@tayrtayr
for sharing this!!
#WeAreWestGrand
#CultureMatters
#LeadersGuide
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Paradigm shift!!! Let's stop worrying about and focusing so much on the 2% who are negative or not doing the right things and start spending our energies on the 98% doing things right
#BOOM
#TuesdayMotivation
#TuesdayThoughts
#RoadToAwesome
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Great leaders build culture and climate that allows for teachers and students to take risk - nothing great is ever achieved without taking risk!!
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
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Great
#leaders
and great
#teachers
know they lead people and people make mistakes. Be human and use mistakes as teachable moments not opportunities for a ‘gotcha’
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
#LeadershipDevelopment
#culture
#climate
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It matters neither what your skill set is or your experiences are; everyone can bring positive energy to the table - it’s a choice
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
#CultureAndClimate
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Leadership and relationships are inseparable; to truly lead, whether you lead students or adults, you must know them and allow them to know you - this is what separates great leaders from the rest
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
@DrFrankRud
@MCarneyRay
@NicholstcTom
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You can't control what other people do, say, and think. You CAN control what YOU do, say, FOCUS on!!
Let's all stay in our lane, be kind to others, and be a better human
#BeKind
#RoadToAwesome
#SaturdayThoughts
#beabetterhuman
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Each and every day a teacher, coach, principal, custodian, bus driver, nutritionist, athletic trainer, paraprofessional, or secretary touches the life of a child.
#KeepInspiring
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#WednesdayMotivation
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Great leaders invest in relationships
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
@DrFrankRud
@PaulDWildcat
@NicholstcTom
@kaollillis88
@RhettLadner
#JRNC
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I’ve noticed one of the biggest differences between great leaders and poor leaders is on who’s succees they focus
#leadership
#leadupchat
#joyfulleaders
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
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Educators: if you want to change the culture, you have to think about how you lead in your classroom, school, district! It is time to intentional with how you show up every day - that is leadership, that is the
#RoadToAwesome
#edutwitter
#suptchat
#teachbetter22
#MEMSPAchat
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This is the most challenging time we've faced for leadership in education, but hang in there - we've got this!!
#PepTalk
#RoadToAwesome
@mraspinall
@mr_Alsheimer
@Joe_Sanfelippo
@bethhill2829
@kaollillis88
@drphilcampbell
@J_Renaissance
@MikeHynes5
@DrFrankRud
@DrP_Principal
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Right now in the face of panic, confusion, and fear what your community needs most are leaders who will step up, make hard decisions, and actually lead - be that leader right now in your community
#RoadToAwesome
#LeadershipMatters
#COVID19
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Great leaders have a knack for lighting fires in the people they lead. Funny what happens when you are clear in your vision and ferocious in your pursuit of the
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
#leadershipmatters
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I really get inspired listening to awesome teachers speak passionately about their craft - always growing, learning, and improving- they make me proud to be an educator & excited for what they bring to kids
#LifeInDraft
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
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If every teacher told their students this daily...if every parent told their kid this daily...if every principal told their teachers daily...
#JustDoIt
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#kidsdeserveit
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How do you address negativity? Great leaders know they must not allow negative energy to make a permanent home in their organization.
#leadershipmatters
#leadupchat
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#compelledtribe
#greatleaders
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It’s amazing how great leaders are always surrounded by greatness
#InspireGreatness
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
#Leadupchat
@DrFrankRud
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You can complain about what's happening on the other side of the fence or you can dial in and do something about it. The choice is yours
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
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‘We either believe that all students have the potential to learn at a level that reflects success, or we don’t.’
#powerful
quote via
@casas_jimmy
in
#Culturize
- a true learning culture begins with the correct side of this belief
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
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As a leader, you have a few options...you can ignore failure, punish failure, or you can celebrate failure as a step toward success - great leaders celebrate and embrace failure
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
#WeAreWestGrand
#leadupchat
#Leadership
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Don't worry about what others are doing. Get up, get moving, and make yourself a better version of you!! The choice is yours and yours alone.
#RoadToAwesome
#JRNC
#BeTheBestYou
#FridayMotivation
@J_Renaissance
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Great teachers never let the calendar dictate whether or not they will make an impact on a kid’s life - as long as there are students in the building, great teachers will continue to find teachable moments
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
#NotDoneYet
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Everyone travels the
#RoadToAwesome
with their own map, at their own speed, and with their own destination in mind.
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
#FitLeaders
#CodeBreaker
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An all-time favorite quote here!! Put your imposter away and go do great things
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#MakeItMatter
#TuesdayMotivation
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“Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered...so what if it is? How will you be remembered?”
#RoadToAwesome
#Leadership
#OwnYourEpic
#JRNC
#JoyfulLeaders
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Education is a people business, and people really matter
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
@DrFrankRud
@RhettLadner
@tim_schlosser
@MCarneyRay
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Leaders know what changes to make, great leaders make it clear why change must happen
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
@DrFrankRud
@NicholstcTom
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Honored today to sign with
@codebreakeredu
and
@mraspinall
to publish my book, the Road To Awesome!!! This is such an exciting moment on the journey - never forget, when two roads diverge, take the
#RoadToAwesome
and never look back
#CodeBreaker
#JoyfulLeaders
#LeadershipTalk
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Schools in our country are entering the next phase of the unknown. School leaders are working to figure out the best and safest way to reopen schools. We don't know everything. We aren't COVID-19 experts, we're education experts. Give us your input, thoughts, and support
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The fear of failure can never be allowed to overtake you or to get in the way of your dreams. Great
#leaders
know failure is what drives learning
#JoyfulLeaders
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#leadership
@DrFrankRud
@MCarneyRay
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The mark of great
#leadership
is to grow those around you, to see them for not just who they are but who they may become.
#RoadToAwesome
#SundayThoughts
#LeadLAP
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Great leaders know they must invest wisely to grow their students, their teachers, and their school
#JoyfulLeaders
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
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Burnout is a real thing…but you cannot be burned out if you were never on fire in the first place.
The key: find that spark that lit your fire from the beginning and fan the flames 🔥
#tuesdaymotivations
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Your attitude has incredible impact not only on you but on those with whom you surround yourself
#RoadToAwesome
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The thing about leadership is you’ve got to get everyone pointed in the right direction. Great leaders know you can’t achieve excellence without everyone focusing on the same goals
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
#LeadersGuide
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Why school culture matters...no initiative, curriculum resource, or program can have success without positive school culture and climate
#RoadToAwesome
#education
#Leadership
#JoyfulLeaders
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“Great leaders know educators are amazing, hard-working people who lead every day in their schools - and if they aren’t valued they will lose them”
#RoadToAwesome
#LeadershipMatters
#leaders
#edutwitter
#suptchat
#prinleaderchat
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Great teachers have a knack for helping kids find their
#genius
- great leaders do the same for the adults in their schools and districts
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
#leadership
#BeInspired
#Excellence
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2018 Teacher Appreciation Week - parents and students wrote thank you notes to our teachers last night at open house - thank you to all our teachers for their efforts with kids
#ThankATeacher
#ThankATeacherCO
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#ownyourepic
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In leadership, it's very important you read what is happening both on the surface and beneath the water
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
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Leadership sometimes requires tough decisions. Having and holding high expectations is a key to prolonged success - but leaders have to hold themselves to that same standard
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#OwnYourEpic
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A few critical reminders as we begin another school year
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
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My favorite part of being a superintendent; every day I see bright and cheerful faces...faces of kids who look up to their teachers!! My teachers are my heroes!
#TeacherHeroes
#RoadToAwesome
#Joyfulleaders
#leadership
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Life and leadership lesson - if you want to be a great ______ , then learn to listen not just to reply
#SaturdayThoughts
#ThoughtOfTheDay
#RoadToAwesome
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In a time where we can control so very little, remember this:
I can control how I SHOW UP
I can choose to make a positive impact or to bring negative energy and thoughts to a situation
Choice is yours, leaders - choose wisely
#RoadToAwesome
#impact
#suptchat
#edutwitter
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"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it is always your choice." Wayne Dyer
#RoadToAwesome
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Positive culture and climate results from valuing people
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
@DrFrankRud
@MCarneyRay
@mrsduston
@RhettLadner
#JRNC
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Great leaders know the single most important thing they bring to the table is their integrity - honesty is a must in
#leadership
#RoadToAwesome
#OwnYourEpic
#JoyfulLeaders
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Life is full of choices, including the choice to decide how you show up
Choose wisely…
#RoadToAwesome
#LeaningIntoLeadership
#suptchat
#edchat
#ThursdayMotivation
#JoyfulLeaders
#ChasingGreatness
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Leaders, as you begin your new year make sure the focus is on growing people. If you build the right culture, test scores will take care of themselves
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#JRNC
#leadersguide
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The affect of positive leadership on your culture and climate is astonishing - give it a shot
#RoadToAwesome
#JoyfulLeaders
#leadership
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I’ll just drop this here for anyone who needs the reminder 👇👇
Have an awesome day friends and keep traveling your
#RoadToAwesome
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There will always be those who try to tear you down, to complain. Focus your energies around people who are grateful and bring positive energy and thoughts to the table
#RoadToAwesome
#LeadOnPurpose
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Thank you
@Coach_Nick87
A school superintendent said something profound in his address cancelling school for the next 3 weeks. He said: In the end, it will be impossible to know if we overreacted or did too much, but it will be QUITE apparent if we under reacted or did too little.
Hear those words....
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