I’m Right and You’re Wrong

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My name is Eleanor Cooper. I am a senior at Burris Laboratory School, and I am doing a fall internship with Shafer Leadership Academy. I am passionate about developing myself…

The 100 Year Lesson

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My extended family recently gathered to wish my great grandmother a 100th birthday. Armed with masks, and instructed in very certain terms by my Great Aunt Sherry to socially distance…

Being Right vs Getting It Right

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I like being right. I’ve always liked being right. In school I prided myself on reading all the books. I was the kid who kept asking teachers questions while everyone…

5 Tips to Strengthen Team Trust

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Without doing a trust fall or other silly trust building activities The following is part of a series of guest posts by local leaders. This post is authored by Lauralee…

The Local Leader in Virtual Learning

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When the world changed in mid-March, so did Shafer Leadership Academy. Two weeks after our board of directors made the necessary decision to halt in person classes, we launched our…