Proud to serve Gower School District 62 as Superintendent of Schools. Children at their Best! Follow or visit our official public account @GowerTweet
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14 Feb 2023
…and ANOTHER 🧡😡 🙏🏼💚🤍🙏🏼 It’s been #Enough for decades and we STILL debate sensible prevention strategies at the highest levels. #EndGunViolence @Everytown
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6 May 2022
With this year’s official #TeacherAppreciationWeek coming to a close, I encourage you to join me in an ongoing career effort to keep the ‘T’ in Teacher capitalized ALL 👏🏼 YEAR 👏🏼 ROUND 👏🏼 - What they do matters… A lot!!! 🙏🏼🍎💚💙💯 @IHeartCKH @DuPageROE #BeWhatYouWantToSee
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3 Mar 2022
Happy to have taken part in the panel session; On the Ground: Local Leaders Discuss the ‘Whys and Hows’ of Spending COVID Aid - Man, these last couple of years have really shown that it’s those whys and hows that matter! 👍🏼🙏🏼❤️ Proud to tell a part of the @GowerTweet story…
2 Mar 2022
ISBE joined @EdWriters for a workshop to help reporters write stories about how local school districts and the state are spending federal relief funds. Check out what you missed at: bit.ly/EWA_ESSER.
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18 Feb 2022
You’re most welcome! 👍🏼 Wow! That last line sure rings true as of late: ‘Facing adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it. This is true for individuals, and the last couple of years have certainly proven this to be true at the organizational level as well.’ 👏🏼❤️💯
14 Feb 2022
Thank you to everyone who submitted or contributed to stories this month! Lots of good content. In you inbox now!
@AvocaOsburn
@ralgri3 @DRobertson7474 @docclark05 @SuptLeak @MrsWarnecke @MadMcCune_IL
@ILSchoolLawyer @drorzel @ChadPWatkins @region9cc @drvsimon @PeoriaROE48
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17 Dec 2021
🤔 When a nationwide viral post results in some families keeping kids home because they fear for their safety, we need to elevate the importance of messages like #BeSMART (Secure, Model, Ask, Recognize, Tell) - We’re in this Together!👍🏼 Check it out here: besmartforkids.org/
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9 Dec 2021
The idea of ‘peeking around the corner’ to get a sense of ‘what’s next’ as a function of organizational learning and leadership is something @learningcounsel explores on the regular😊 I enjoyed collaborating👍🏼thelearningcounsel.com/artic…
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17 Aug 2021
Hey! This is what we would call a ‘Good Thing’ in Gower! Great message about leadership and how this framework applies to Teachers (Yes, the ‘T’ is always capitalized in Teacher)😉👏🏼💙💚
16 Aug 2021
Today on SchoolCEO Conversations, @drvsimon shares how his personal experiences have informed his leadership in Gower School District 62 (@GowerTweet):
podcast.schoolceo.com/episod…
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7 May 2021
It was my privilege to announce the ESSR-funded ‘2020 Recognition Revitalization & Retention’ stipend for every member of our staff today. It has been a TEAM EFFORT to open fully on Day 1 & remain open ALL year. A 2020 stipend for every 👏🏼 staff 👏🏼 member 👏🏼 - 💯🙏🏼❤️😊 #grateful
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3 May 2021
With Teachers Day, Nurses Day, Principals Day & Staff Appreciation Week all here, the second definition of the word just hits different this year 😊Thank you for stepping up & being an example. Exactly why I make it a point to keep the ‘T’ in Teacher capitalized - always 🙏🏼❤️💯
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6 Apr 2021
Happy to contribute. We’re in this Together! Finding ways to emerge stronger as an organization ‘post-crisis’ will come down to a local commitment to Plan-Do-Check-Act work and a growth mindset. Change the ‘Yeah, but...’ to the ‘Yeah, how’ 🙏🏼🍎❤️💯
5 Apr 2021
In a webinar hosted by @usedgov's @SSLearn, @drvsimon and @DrDianaGreene shared approaches for bus capacity, #COVID19 screening, academic priorities, equitable opportunities, public communications and how they are planning beyond the 2020-21 school year.
ow.ly/Hl7p50EgPzo
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30 Mar 2021
Looking forward to sharing some of our ‘promising practices’ and lessons learned from @GowerTweet and shaped by @DuPageROE @IllinoisASA @ISBEnews and @DuPageHD We’re in this Together! 🙏🏼💯❤️🍎🧼😷👀
30 Mar 2021
We know sharing best practices is vital to safely returning to schools. Join the first lessons from the field webinar on March 31 to learn from a panel of practitioners about mitigation strategies that are working to keep students safe.
Register here: air-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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30 Mar 2021
Looking forward to sharing the @GowerTweet story and contributing to a community of practice. Scalable and replicable strategies are out there and need to be identified and elevated. There is a path forward. We’re in this Together! 🙏🏼🍎💯🧼😷👀
As schools continue to reopen during #COVID19, join @usedgov for a webinar on 3/31 at 3pm ET to highlight lessons learned and best practices to safely return to the classroom. Register here. buff.ly/3lT9AUQ
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27 Mar 2021
Looking forward to sharing an emerging framework for leadership and presenting with a great friend - family really - Dr. Allen. @Ejukator is an amazing leader @CtrUrbanEdLead @IllinoisASA @DuPageROE #IASA2021 🙏🏼❤️💯🤜🏼💥🤛🏽
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13 Mar 2021
I hear a lot about the ‘new’ guidelines The actual guidelines: 6/23/20 - ‘Require social distancing (6 feet) be observed, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE’; 3/9/21 - ‘Require social distancing (3-6 feet) be observed, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE’. Convert the ‘Yeah, buts’ into ‘Yeah, hows’ ⏳🙏🏼💯💚
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9 Mar 2021
Thank you for allowing us to share our story and the opportunity to help others find ways to replicate and scale up or scale down a model that works! Let’s keep converting the ‘Yeah, but’ mentality into a ‘Yeah, how’... 🙏🏼 💯 🍎 💚 - We’re in this Together!
9 Mar 2021
Thank you @learningcounsel for inviting @drvsimon from @GowerTweet and myself to join colleagues from the northeast to present "In Person/Remote Simultaneous Learning Discussion and On-Site COVID-19 Testing – Diagnostic” this afternoon. thelearningcounsel.com/virtu…
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28 Feb 2021
Man, has this lesson (or the need for it) been made clear in @DuPageROE @ButlerSD53 and @GowerTweet this year. Day 115 of fully In-Person Learning and counting! 💚 🙏🏼 🍎 - We’re in this Together!
27 Feb 2021
LEADERS!!! Be the SECOND!!!Showing SUPPORT for those who bring ideas and take risks not only provides SUPPORT at that moment but also tells others that they WILL BE SUPPORTED in the future.
#LeadFromWhereYouAre #1minwalk2work #ImpactTheNarrative #HackingLeadership
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26 Feb 2021
I enjoyed spending time with the panel and sharing what has been working for us; Full In-Person Day 114 and counting! Keep 👏🏼 moving 👏🏼 forward 👏🏼 - We’re in this Together!
Missed our Franczek COVID Update webinar? Watch the recording: lnkd.in/dN2xPyg
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17 Feb 2021
Day 108 of in-person learning and counting... Grateful for and proud of our Team in Gower. We’re not the only example of it being done, but we’re one of them. We’ll keep pressing to change the typical reply from others of ‘Yeah, but...’ to ‘Yeah, how’... gower62.com/district/parent-…
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13 Jan 2021
Thank you for hosting. Looking forward to it. This approach: Actionable. Replicable. Scalable. But more importantly: Helpful. Accessible. Equitable. All means All! Let’s 👏🏼 Move 👏🏼 Forward 👏🏼 - We’re in this Together! ❤️🙏🏼💯
13 Jan 2021
Great webinar opportunity tomorrow at 1 p.m. with @GowerTweet Superintendent @drvsimon and
@ButlerSD53 Superintendent @D53ButlerSupt, "Adapting to Change: COVID-19 Testing at Schools and Future Applications." iasb.netforument.com/eweb/Dy…
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