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Educator. Coach. Consultant

North Carolina, USA
Joined April 2021
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Loved spending the day at @YorkRoadElem ! 🐾 From the moment you walk in, you know you’re a Bulldog. They’ve mastered the art of connection and belonging, and it just feels GOOD to work alongside them. 💙
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Please someone take me to Disney ❤️
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I’m so excited for EUMS Leadership Day this Friday! Go Eagles!!!
Drama teacher, Mr. Lewis, and students are preparing for their big 7 Habits performance this Friday for our Leadership Day! We can’t wait! #TheLeaderInMe #TheEagleWay @ucpsnc @aghoulihan @BashawnHarris @chynajbates @leaderinme
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"A well-organized school is a school that is strong on three or more of these essential factors." Check out strategies for fostering a more supportive environment, via @HMHCo. hmhco.com/blog/how-can-leade…
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Powerful Professional Development Day with the Elloree ES digging into paradigms-seeing every student as a leader and every challenge as an opportunity. Change starts with how we see. @ocsdsc #LeaderInMe #ParadigmShift #EducationLeadership
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Kobe Bryant: The Mamba Training Mentality explained. (📌Bookmark it)
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You are what you cultivate when no one is watching.
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What does a caring learning community sound like to you? Here are a few telltale signs from T @melanie_korach's class:
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Such a great day with such a great team!! Thank you @DunwoodySprings @Stanetress for allowing me to be part of your journey! I’m so excited to see your Dolphin 🐬 Leaders take excellence to the next level!
This week we welcomed back our teachers and staff @DunwoodySprings! I missed them 😌! Our PTO started day 1 with breakfast. The kickoff and vision casting was clear- Excellence! Today we focused on the 7 Habits with @chynajbates! Our Dolphin 🐬 Leaders are ready!
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Summer Leadership Academy 2025 was pure magic! 💚💖 Thanks to everyone who showed up and chose to defy gravity together!! . Ready to do it again? 👀 See you in 2026! #LIMCAROLINAS #SLA25 #WickedWisdom #LeadershipAcademy #DefyGravity tiktok.com/t/ZP8hYWq53/
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The Health Sciences Team: Increasing knowledge with a focus on continuous school improvement at Leader in Me Summer Conference @AGHoulihan @kimfisenne @
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A shout out to @timcushman and all other Carolina @TheLeaderinMe coaches for hosting an amazing two day #LIMCarolinas Leadership Academy in Flat Rock, NC. The educators in the @RockHillSchools alternative programs are #defyinggravity through flexible learning programs.
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Honored to present “Green Is Just a Color: Seeing Beyond Labels & Limitations” today. 💚 Every educator is a leader—regardless of title. Our students deserve to be seen for their potential, not their limits. #GreenIsJustAColor #LeadershipForAll #SeeBeyondLabels #LIMCAROLINAS
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✨ Just 1 DAY until a WICKEDLY GREAT leadership adventure begins! 💚 We’re packing vision, voice, and a whole lot of magic into this year’s Summer Leadership Academy at Blue Ridge Community College! 🟩 Get ready to lead boldly, think differently, and defy gravity. #SLA2025 #WickedLeadership #1DayToGo
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5 Days Until Summer Leadership Academy! Ready to Defy Gravity?! 🩷💚✨ What are YOU looking forward to most? Drop it below! 👇 #LeadershipCountdown #WickedlyGreat #SLA25 #LeadershipInAction
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The Inside-Out Approach in action: We can’t grow students unless we first nurture the adults leading them. When teachers thrive, so do their students❤️💚💙
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