Interim Superintendent @BettSchools | Former Deputy Director/Chief of Staff | Proudly played for @BETTfootball, @DrakeBulldogsFB & @MidwestRampage | Views mine
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I had the great honor of speaking to Team 76 at Fireside—a @BETTfootball tradition dating back to the mid-1950s that occurs the night before the final regular-season game. Now it’s on to the playoffs, where this year’s squad will write its next chapter. 🖤💛🏈
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It’s not the standard if you don’t hold them accountable to it.
It’s not the standard if you don’t recognize and reinforce it.
It’s not the standard if you don’t live it.
Inconsistency undermines the standard.
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𝑩𝑼𝑳𝑳𝑫𝑶𝑮𝑺 𝑾𝑰𝑵
Warzynski | 23-39, 347 yds, 3 TD
Clark | 11 car, 76 yds, TD
January | 6 rec, 95 yds, TD
Garcia | 5 rec, 94 yds, TD
Wiskur | 11 tck, PBU, INT
James | 7 tck, 0.5 TFL, PBU
#DSMHometownTeam
There is another Iowa versus Ohio team playing today…… we don’t get Game Day but we have @DrakeBulldogsFB Day!
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Learn to accept praise without getting addicted to it.
Learn to accept criticism without getting controlled by it.
If you need their approval, you’ll chase it.
If you fear their criticism, you’ll avoid it.
Both are distractions from your path.
Attention is a controllable.
My first Bettendorf Homecoming since ’89 and the @BETTfootball made it a good one: 48–7! 🖤💛🏈
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Excellence is a pattern, not a result.
Champions are not excellent because they are champions, they are champions because they consistently pursued excellence.
Do the work.
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The facts don't lie...
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Go Dogs!! Great win
New year. New district. Same belief: collaboration drives success.
Since 2006, I’ve seen the impact of Professional Learning Communities across three districts. I was honored to share that work at IASB a few years ago.
Now the work continues @BettSchools—a place special to me.
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Truth might be uncomfortable. That doesn't mean it's offensive.
Truth might be inconvenient. That doesn't mean it's hateful.
Truth might not be what you believe. That doesn't mean it's wrong.
Truth is neutral.
You control how you respond to it.
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Entitlement destroys influence and culture.
Stop focusing on what you think you deserve, start focusing on how to serve.
Entitled to nothing, grateful for everything. Humility is the way.
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Thank you, Matt Erickson and Lincoln County School District #2, for the kind words and opportunity to work with your administrative team!
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Belief is contagious but so is doubt. One moves us forward, the other holds us back.
Lead with belief. Multiply belief.
Leaders set the tone.
My first @BETTfootball season opener since my senior year in 1989—also against Pleasant Valley! Even better, I get to sit with my coach, Randy Scott. Huge crowd and full of Bulldog Pride!
