Ruairi Cunningham
@RCunningham82
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Father | Husband | Vice Principal | IB Examiner | Irish | 🌍 Citizen | 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇹🇭🇦🇪🇨🇳🇶🇦 currently in 🇹🇭
Bangkok, Thailand
Joined October 2014
What's one success you've spotted this school year? 🤩 (Inspiration via leader @DrP_Principal)
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"What does it really mean to prepare our students for a future we can’t fully see yet?" Check out a protocol for developing a "portrait of a graduate," via leader @LaurenMKaufman & @edutopia: https://t.co/brDQnGbRQi
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Our job is to teach the students we have. Not the ones we would like to have. Not the ones we used to have. Those we have right now. All of them. #education #teachers
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Status symbols over 40 · Zero medications · Wife still loves you · Kids still want to hang · Positive outlook on life · Able to manage emotions · Zero need to impress others · You follow your inner compass · You've got a reason to wake up · Surrounded by a great community
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Underrated life hack: Build a “no matter what” habit. One thing you do every day regardless of mood, chaos, or excuses. Ten minutes of writing. A short walk. A chapter read. These become your anchors. The habit isn’t the point; who you become by keeping it is.
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If you’ve never failed, it likely means you’ve never stepped beyond the familiar. Growth happens at the edge of mistakes, where curiosity meets courage. Einstein’s revolutionary theories were built on years of failed experiments & rejected ideas. #WednesdayWisdom #LearningJourney
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Here's to a learning culture in which feedback is seen as a tool for building the future. (Via leader @BrianHullPE)
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Get. It. Done
The most important piece of career advice: Be the person who can figure it out. You’ll be given tasks you have no idea how to complete. There's nothing more valuable than someone who can just figure it out. Do some work, ask key questions, get it done. People will fight over you.
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A great leader focuses on developing oneself as a leader through personal preparation, managing relationships, building team identity and purpose, leading through inspiration, protecting one's team, & taking responsibility as a leader. Thanks to Duke University & Antonio Grasso.
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One of my favorite lessons I’ve learnt from working with smart people: Action produces information. If you’re unsure of what to do, just do anything, even if it’s the wrong thing. This will give you information about what you should actually be doing. Sounds simple on the
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Feedback is important. But, you don’t grow by taking every piece of feedback. You grow by taking the right feedback from the right people with the right motives. How to know what’s worth listening to: 1. Credibility — do they know what they’re talking about? 2. Context — do they
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So much of school leadership comes down to strong communication. 4 tips for getting it right, via @LearningForward:
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