By Dr. Joel Hazard This past summer, I arranged for my middle school son, Elijah, to serve as an assistant camp counselor at one of my school’s most popular day camps for elementary school children. This camp is highly coveted by high schoolers and even former students who return home for the summer. The hours are reasonable, the compensation is fair, and the responsibilities are straightforward. While most people took the camp job because it’s […]
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Welcome to Wonderland: The Power of Holy Nonsense
By Kevin M. Taylor, PhD Yes, we have a pet rubber chicken! His name? JumbleRumbleKins! Reader of this article, my hope is that someday you may share in one of life’s most meaningful relationships. For to know JumbleRumbleKins (Jumble, for short) is to love him—and to love him is to belong to a family who shares in the utter hilarity of his squeaks and squawks. Ha! Seriously (or maybe not), to be present with young […]
Welcome Back to School!
By The BCSL Team As the 2024-2025 school year kicks off, we’re eager to continue the good work at Baylor’s Center for School Leadership (BCSL). There’s something special about the start of a new academic year—fresh faces, new challenges, and the opportunity to grow alongside our incredible community of educators. This summer, Dr. Jon Eckert, Co-Executive Director of the BCSL and Professor of Educational Leadership, has spoken at a number of convocations centered around the […]
Reflections and Insights
by Jill Anderson This past school year working with school leaders and educators from Texas and around the globe has been encouraging and inspiring to our team as we hear your incredible stories. Our blog, Baylor Center for School Leadership (BCSL) Insights, is a window into the world of our expert educators who authored most of the articles published. To encourage you as you enjoy summer and think about the school year ahead, we wanted […]
The Responsibility of Being Responsive
By Kimberly Poe We are in a day and age where division and negativity seem to be at an all-time high. As Christians and educators, we are called to interrupt anything that is not like Christ. I am reminded of Romans 12:16 that tells us to “live in harmony with one another.” To live in harmony with one another, we must seek to see others the way Christ sees them. As educators, we work with […]