When I was a little boy, we had a cat named “Kitty.” My brother and I claimed to really love Kitty. At one point my parents suggested we give Kitty away. We protested vociferously. So they kept Kitty for a bit longer. Then, taking a risk, they did give Kitty away.
It took over a month until my brother asked, “Um… where’s Kitty?” My parents had gotten away with it. I guess our love didn’t run that deep.
So lately I’ve had a couple of folks ask, “Um… when are you going to post to your blog?” Well, perhaps I was waiting for someone to notice! It’s good to be missed and even better to be back.
Like you, I’m just glad to have a new year stretching before me. The sheer chaos (and excitement) of the past few months have been tremendous. I haven’t posted here since the end of October. In that time, Search had its national conference in Cincinnati and have begun preparations for next year’s conference in Houston. We’ve watched as “Race to Top” proposals have begun to enter into the universe. We’ve submitted proposals to grow our research around Assets and Academic Achievement. We’ve submitted proposals to begin actively researching how to measure and improve staff culture based on the asset framework. And we’re just getting started. This year already feels meteoric. Keep coming here for updates.
As for me, I have a series of interesting workshops and presentations to deliver in the weeks ahead. Next week I’m doing some workshops in Chicago for the Charmm’d Foundation in partnership with the Character Education Partnership. I’ll be working with a group of schools who have been doing deep and reflective work around character education. I’m going to work with them to ensure that THEY’RE experiencing an equally reflective and attentive workplace. It’s a very cool merger of my book and other work in the field.
Then I’ll be in Texas for the Texas Association of School Administrators annual conference for a whole week, with a visit to our friends at the Dallas ISD to discuss further work around asset building.
So, while busy, it’s also exciting times here at Search. We hope this finds you well and thriving. As always, we’re here for you if you need us!
Here’s to a productive and communicative 2010!
WHy hasn’t MORE been done with “assets” I remember reading about them YEARS ago and told everyone I could. I KNOW the research says children NEED to have, but it seems that schools are NOT promoting them or helping make the connection.. WHAT needs to happen . it is sad!
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