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31
MAY
2017

New Teacher Induction & Mentoring Begins Now

By Dr. Linda Marrs-Morford, IPLI Director It is that time of the year when new teachers are being hired.  Administrators are hoping that this new crop of
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08
MAY
2017

A Second Chance Often Requires Risk

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor Cohort #4 and Principal at James Cole Elementary School Have you ever made a bad choice or a series of bad choices? Have you ever fou
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20
APR
2017

Relevance, the Key to Focus

By David Robertson, IPLI Mentor & Chief Academic Officer at Warsaw Community Schools This past October was one of the best I can remember.  You see, I’m a lifetime,
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31
MAR
2017

Mentoring – A Way of Life at All Levels

By: Dr. Bobbie Jo Monahan, Cohort #4 Mentor; Dr. Mike Sargent, Cohort #3 Mentor; Lori Magnuson, Kokomo School District Mentoring happens at all levels of lear
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09
MAR
2017

Am I Really Doing This?

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Cohort #4 Mentor & Principal at James Cole Elementary Have you ever had a moment during your day when you catch yourself and think, “Wait! Is t
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21
FEB
2017

Schools as Healers

By Dr. Linda Marrs-Morford, IPLI Director It is an interesting time in our nation’s history.  Personally, I’ve never seen our country more divided than now, and I grew up in the
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09
FEB
2017

Why IPLI? It’s All About Community

(Originally published 1/4/2016) By Michael Pinto, IPLI Mentor Cohort #2 and Principal at James Cole Elementary School We are at the point in the year where the Ind
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26
JAN
2017

Live Life by the Thick-Cut Bacon Philosophy

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor and Principal at James Cole Elementary We are weighed down in our day-to-day life in many ways.  One of the greatest weights
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09
JAN
2017

Inhale, Exhale, Love

By Heather Whitaker, IPLI Mentor & Principal at Mt. Comfort Elementary School I saw a shirt the other day that was printed with just three single words – “Inhale, Exha
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17
NOV
2016

Are You Keeping Your Teachers from Going NUTS?

By Rex Ryker, IPLI Mentor & Assistant Superintendent at Crawfordsville Community Schools A few nights ago I arrived home to an empty house or what
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