My RFP for guest bloggers has gotten some responses. I'm excited!
First out of the chute is Greg Cruey. I asked Greg for a short blurb about himself. Here’s what he sent me:
Greg Cruey is a career changer; he became a classroom teacher a few years ago, at the age of 43. Two graduate degrees and a decade of overseas travel earlier in life have left him with, among other things, an abiding interest in education policy and a love for learning and for children. Today he teaches in a small, rural elementary school in an impoverished portion of Appalachia. Greg blogs regularly at his personal blog.
Wow! I can’t wait to read his thoughts on school leadership!
Greg will be blogging next week and I am lining up some other guests on the calendar. If you’re interested in being a guest blogger, let me know!
This is my first visit to your blog. I was prompted to vist since Mike Parent, a fellow Seton Hall cohort member, is going to be a guest blogger. Anyway, I am an Assistant Superintendent and am definitely working my inner and outer person. I did watch some football yesterday - of course, while I watched the game, I also did laundry, cooked, cleaned-up, wrote a teacher observation, and reviewed some Seton Hall work. I find that my role as an educator, in many ways, defines who I am. Now to some, this is a scary thing. However, I am passionate about what I do and become extremely aggravated by those in education who are self-centered and more concerned about themselves than the students - and in the case of educational leaders, the teachers. I continue to work on finding the right balance but at this point in time, the educator in me is pretty much the predominant part of my being. While I am sometimes overwhelmed by trying to do it all and although at times, others think I need to relax more often, I can't change my inherent personality. I am who I am and don't think that's such a bad thing.
Posted by: Annette Giaquinto | February 04, 2008 at 05:44 PM