Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian family, friends, and colleagues. Our celebration of the harvest included beets, carrots, celery, and tomatoes from our garden as part of a delicious meal!

Join me in acknowledging the outstanding contributions of teachers as we celebrate World Teachers' Day!

Living this right now. Booked a Chevrolet Spark (or similar). They gave it away but do have a 12 passenger van for me. That’ll look cool pulling into the school parking lot tomorrow morning…

According to theBureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) they peg a substitute teacher salary at around $14.36 per hour. Sitting outside a fast food joint which is posting a starting wage of $20 per hour plus benefits. The challenge is real! We are in a recruitment/retention crisis!

Got pretty close to the hills in Austria but could not verify if they were also be with the sound of music…

I can’t shake the feeling that someone is listening…

Sunset on the Baie de Chaleur…

I was going to sell my John Boccabella card randomly but I’m pretty certain @GaryCarterKid wants it. 😀

Happy 4th to my US family, friends, and colleagues. Enjoy!

Honoured to have an article in the quarterly journal of the @CPCOofficial Check out the preview here: cpco.on.ca/Common/Uploaded%2… and get your copy!

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Love this on the wall in the Denver airport! #ownit

Gotta love @AirCanada land at 4:25 and finally make our way off the plane at 5:25 as we arrived with an international flight at the only gate the airport has apparently…

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Is there a worse rental car shuttle service than the one at LAS? Irregular schedule, always crowded, shuttles that just go past, status change to “not in service” after sitting for five minutes #theworst

Come with a team, leave with a plan! See you in Spokane!

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Thanks to all the colleagues for your support of my nomination. Honoured to make this list for the 5th time and to land in the top 10. Congrats to all who were recognized. Humbled to be on the list alongside many inspiring educators. Check it out here: globalgurus.org/education-gu…