last updated 8.5.25
Reading: Fox by Joyce Carol Oates (2024)
Listening to a 1973 DECCA recording of Puccini: Madama Butterfly ft Pavarotti, conducted by von Karajan
Playing tennis in ladder competition.
Working on professional projects in Colorado, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Nurturing a coalition of strategic partners focused on small school improvement including state policy makers and administrators, university and research partners, funders, and nonprofit organizations.
Partnering with a regional network of K–12 Catholic schools affiliated with a southwestern archdiocese to improve teacher retention and leadership capacity.
Advising superintendents in three rural Colorado school districts on strategic comprehensive system-wide turnaround initiatives.
Coaching the executive of a national literacy nonprofit to implement strategic plan.
Teaching EDIS 7035 (Professional Knowledge in Education Systems) and EDIS 7825 (Family and Community Engagement in Schools) at University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development.
Leading the Booker Prize Book Club at Peoples Book in Takoma
Listening to The Archers