Category Archives: EDLP 709

Compassion in Schools – It Must be Intentional

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Eric Wright | Permalink 0

“I think compassion is the bedrock of leadership, unless you can empathize with ‘other’,… I don’t know that you can lead” – Bo Adams, Former Junior High School Principal Bo Adams Blog and video above made me reflect back on our Advocacy class.  Educational leadership is more than raising test scores.  It is about making [...]
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EDLP 709, VCU EDD Reflections

Operation Smile

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Eric Wright | Permalink 0

The following video is a thank you to the volunteers of Operation Smile by Dr. Bill Magee.  In his address, he notes what is possible with a network of volunteers who have a passion for touching lives.  He discusses the successes Operation Smile has accomplished over the past 25 years and credits it to the [...] Read more »

EDLP 709, VCU EDD Reflections

Helping Hands

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Eric Wright | Permalink 4

What do students in ISS do, exactly?  Do they sit in a room (cell) and complete work their teachers send down?  Sometimes a time-out is needed for unruly students.  Other times, it’s a precursor to a vicious cycle of ISS, OSS, truancy and eventually dropping out. This year, my school set out to develop a [...] Read more »

EDLP 709, Helping Hands, VCU EDD Reflections

Invisible Children

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Eric Wright | Permalink 0

A couple weeks ago a teacher introduced me to the Invisible Children organization.  She said that she would like to bring them to our school to raise awareness of current global events and humanitarian organizations.  Despite considerable consternation on her part due to a recent Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc), I encouraged the event.  They came on [...] Read more »

EDLP 709, Invisible Children, VCU EDD Reflections