Destroy the Box

First...please excuse the language in the video and description of the OS!M...

This past Friday, I had the chance to hear Kelly Shiley speak. Mrs. Shiley is the founder of Mary Square and the beginning of this multi-million dollar business came from humble beginnings.  She has never spoken at an event like the one I attended Friday but she did an amazing job.  I loved how focused she was on making the step out on faith be one where she "left everything on the field".  She shared that she always knows that she is on the right track when her stomach hurts and she's unsure what will happen next.  

That feeling has been described as having that OS!M from the book The Radical Leap by Steve Farber.  He describes it as follows:

Extreme Leadership is intensely personal and intrinsically scary. You are striving to change the nature of things, and that's a scary endeavor because you are asking yourself and others to give up the familiar. It is scary because you have no guarantee of a positive outcome. It is scary because you don't know how you are personally going to be judged; your credibility is on the line. There is no way -- absolutely no way, therefore -- to participate in an authentic leadership experience without fear.

We've been conditioned to believe that fear is `bad. And while it's true that fear can save your life or keep you from doing something stupid, avoiding it can also keep you from doing something great, from learning something new, and from growing as a human being. Fear is a natural part of growth, and since growth, change and revolution are all on the Extreme Leader's agenda, fear comes with the territory.

In the right context, therefore, your experience of fear (or exhilaration, for that matter) is your internal indicator that you're moving in the right direction. That you really are leading, in other words. That scary/exhilarating experience is what I call the Oh Shit! Moment or OS!M.To put it bluntly: if you're using all the buzzwords and reading all the latest leadership books, and holding forth at every meeting on the latest management fads, but you're not experiencing that visceral churning in your gut, and you're not scaring yourself every day, and you're not feeling that OS!Moment as regularly as clockwork, then you are not doing anything significant -- let alone changing the world -- and you are certainly not leading anyone else.

As educators, we are all leaders! When I leave this Earth, I want to be known as someone who made a difference.  Someone who "left it all on the field" and had no regrets for not trying to improve the education field.

How often do you feel that churn in your stomach? If you haven't felt it in a while or ever, are you doing anything significant?  If you thrive on that belly feel, can you find someone else to inspire and push to step out on faith?

We owe it ourselves and more importantly to those we share our lives with!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!                                                                               - Angela

Monday, March 5- Friday, March 9, 2018

Monday, March 5

• Mid Year Admin Review Meetings Continue
• 5th Grade Planning at 12:50 PM

Tuesday, March 6

• Mid Year Admin Review Meetings Continue
• Arts Integration Team Meetings
• 8-9: Kindergarten
• Johnson: Strimel
• Williams: Pond
• Caudle: Falls
• 9:05-10:05: Third Grade
• DeNoble: Akers
• Weir: Carr
• 1st Grade to Library 9:45-11:00
• 3rd Grade Planning at 10:10
• FEO Meeting 5-6 PM
• Trimester 2 Middle School Electives Performance 6 pm-8 pm (Music, STEAM, Photography)

Wednesday, March 7

• 4th Grade Library Trip at 10 AM
• 4th Grade Planning at 12:50 PM
• Lottery for 2018-2019 at 5 PM in Cafe

Thursday, March 8

• Kindergarten Planning at 8 AM
• 2nd Grade Planning at 10:10 AM
• Arts PLC Talent Code Chat at 11:30 at Coffee Cup
• Trimester 2 Middle School Electives Performance 6 pm-8 pm (Dance and Theater/Film)

Friday, March 9

• Kindergarten Planning at 8 AM
• Mr. Thomas is covering for Ms. Payton
• Samuelson to Library at 9 AM
• Admin Meeting at 9 AM
• First Grade Planning at 9 AM
• Middle School to Library 9:15-12:00
• Ezell to Library 9:45 AM
• Fleming to Library at 11 AM
• 2nd Grade to Library at 1 PM

**************************** Change for Monday, March 12**************************

We will have next day of Math Foundations Training on Monday, March 12th from 8 AM- 3 PM.

🦎👏 Chameleon Clap 🦎👏

From Mrs. Cane:

I would love it if you give these shout outs on the blog...first to Mr. Kline for transforming me into the cat and the hat..and my 1 fish 2 fish red fish blue fish crew Ms Covington, Majka, Akers,and Caudle..we were great 

Chameleon Clap from Mrs. Cates (4th Grade Parent):

Yesterday Colleen had a small issue with another student in her class. Mrs. Majka was quick to act, making Colleen feel both heard and safe.

When Colleen came home last night she shared with me that Mr. Thomas made her feel like the situation was being given serious attention - and that she now felt comfortable going to class again.

Both of the staff members handling the issue behaved exceptionally, and I'm incredibly grateful. While we can't be there every moment of our children's lives, I always feel comfortable sending my children to school, knowing that staff will handle any adverse situation appropriately.