Dissertation work has been going swimmingly, thanks for asking. If we’re connected on Facebook or Twitter you are probably sick of me posting about the minutiae of my progress each day, and you’ve also seen me hashtag my Tweets #dontbreakthechain. The idea of “don’t break the chain” comes from an…
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300 Miles
While my surgery to correct FAI is now nearly two full years behind me (December 2011), I continue to reap the benefits of goal-setting during the recovery process. As I wrote last year, my long-term rehab goal was to get fit enough to run Tough Mudder Tri-State in October 2012…
Resume, Cover Letter… Blog?
Justin Tarte recently wrote about the limitations of resumes in the hiring process and the role personal blogs and websites can play therein, particularly as portfolios of our professional learning, thinking, and activities: I would like to see more prospective education candidates get their thoughts ‘out there.’ I want to…
Introducing My Dissertation
Recently I was asked to write a blurb about my plans for my doctoral dissertation – what it is and why I’m interested in it. Here’s what I had to say: *** My research will focus on analyzing and evaluating how a suburban K-12 school district in NJ has implemented…
Nodes in the Network
So a funny thing happened on the way to my inbox… I received an email early last month through the “Contact” page on my website with the subject line, “Do you know a child named Kiera who would use a winter hat?” This caught my attention because, as luck would…