Comments on: Leadership Day 2009

By: damian

damian — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:30:31 +0000

Hi Lynn!

It was my pleasure to speak to the group this summer; I’m looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with this coming year. What a fantastic opportunity, both for the teachers and students involved. Please do send me a link to the FEA’s online presence when you get it up; I’d love to see what you come up with.

Be grateful you have five more weeks of summer – we go back August 24th! (‘course, we also get out June 11, so it all evens out, I guess!)

By: Lynn

Lynn — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:03:11 +0000

Hi Damian, I know who that wonderful supervisor and colleague is! Well this is my forst foray into the online world of wiki/blogs, and I wanted to thank you for the wonderful presentation to our 21st century group earlier this summer. Our next meeting will feature Will Richardson, so its been like a reunion of former HCRHS folk this summer. So glad we have five whole weeks of summer left…I’m going to need them since I’m nowhere near where I’d hoped to be at this time in the season. I guess you’re going to tell me that you pay the extra each month to get this wiki looking so fine! I’ll invite you to take a peek when mine gets closer to presentable, especially since you were one of my inspirations and the topic of the site is the Future Educators Club[FEA]. We all know how they crave inspiration, so I’m hoping to have a link for experts to speak to the students. What do you think?

By: damian

damian — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:54:32 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, folks. Jan, I considered naming this person, but the general consensus amongst my Twitter colleagues (which Jeff affirms for me here) was not to do so without explicit permission. As I wrote this blog post in a hotel room while my wife and kids slept with only a few hours left to publish on the designated Sunday, I figured getting the post out in a timely manner was more important. Beside, I’ve made no secret of where I work or used to work, and if someone really wanted to figure out who I’m talking about, I’m sure it wouldn’t be terribly difficult. I’ll likely be seeing him in a week or two, so I’ll mention the blog post to him. If he gives permission, I’m happy to edit the post to include his name.

Long time no see, Jeff! Good to see you back in the blogosphere. I’m already subscribed to your new joint; looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your journey thru higher ed.

By: Jeff Pierce

Jeff Pierce — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:19:53 +0000

Hey Damian – sorry to have been so quiet, I managed to forget to subscribe to your new site when you switched. Blogging took a backseat second semester to survival. You seem to have been prolific – lots for me to catch up on!

Just a little point – I think that you made a good call on leaving the actual name of your supervisor off of the post (that is assuming that you have yet to hear back from him on this.) It’s important to give others full control of how they appear online.

Cheers,

-jeff
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By: Jan Smith

Jan Smith — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:42:30 +0000

Damian, what an touching compliment to your mentor and supervisor. Sounds like he trusted you and had a vision for leadership and learning. He played a pivotal role in your success and that of your student.

I am curious why you didn’t name him. Will you find another avenue through which to share your gratitude?

Thanks for the reminder to leaders to be nurturers of experimentation.
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