This post was written by Jess Larson, Communications and Marketing Manager for Youth Frontiers. Jess is married with one child and lives in Minneapolis. In her free time, she enjoys blogging about her two loves: family and food. You can read more at myminiapple.wordpress.com and twofoodgirls.com.READ MORE
This week’s blog post is shared with permission from Elena Aguilar. Enjoy!
It took me a long, long time to accept the notion that as a teacher, I was also a leader; that as a department chair, I was also a leader; and that as a coach, I was also a leader. This was because I was operating within traditional definitions of leadershipREAD MORE
Welcome to our 13th episode of The Teachers’ Lounge! Our guest is Karen Atkinson who is a community catalyst encouraging all adults in St. Louis Park, Minnesota to play a role in the healthy development of young people. For more than two decades, she has worked to transform the community based on Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets research. Karen and Sally chat about the positive impact educators and all adults can make in the lives of young people.READ MORE
By Joe Cavanaugh, Founder & CEO
Recently, I was a chaperone on one of my daughter Tess’s fifth-grade field trips. We were at a ropes course in the woods on a platform about 50 feet up in the trees. I proudly watched as my daughter swung from tree to tree with a huge grin on her face. She was so brave and was enjoying every moment.READ MORE
By Josh Cleveland, Youth Frontiers Retreat Musician
Allow me to flash back to seven years ago. I was thirty years old, I had a failed marriage and a four-year-old daughter whom I lived five hours away from because I was living with my parents. After a decade of living a life where I put more effort into building excuses than building anything of substance, I had come to a startling realization:READ MORE
By Ben Nordquist, Communications Intern & On-Call Retreat Staff
Last year my New Year’s resolution was to journal every day. I remember it well, mostly because of how little I wrote in my journal this past year and how often I told myself I should.READ MORE