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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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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 I
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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 weight
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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, Ex
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30
NOV
2016

It’s Okay to Have Dirty Shoes

By Mike Pinto, IPLI Mentor and Principal at James Cole Elementary At the end of most days as an elementary principal, my shoes are dirty.  Sometimes they are scuffed
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