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09
OCT
2017

Be Still

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor and Principal at James Cole Elementary School Each day as kindergarten lunch comes to an end, scan the floor of the cafeteria.  There you will see the renegad
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22
SEP
2017

Helping Our Friends in Need

By Linda Marrs-Morford, Director Indiana Principal Leadership Institute Bad things do happen in the world, like war, natural disasters, disease.  But out of those sit
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22
AUG
2017

We Have a Forest to Tend

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor & Principal at James Cole Elementary School It seems appropriate that as I walked through my backyard yesterday, I encountered a large sca
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31
JUL
2017

Back to School 2017

By Linda Marrs-Morford, IPLI Director It’s one of my favorite times of the year – the beginning of a new school year.  Everyone starts with a clean slate – students, parents,
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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
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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 f
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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 le
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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
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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 t
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