Tom Okruch

English teacher, coach, middle school administrator, leadership specialist at Southeast Missouri RPDC--Cardinals, Bills, Sabres, Mizzou and Rutgers FB fan!

[Kurt Warner @kurt13warner]

Every day of quarantine is something new & trying to find creative ways to spend time as a family & feed that “Warner competitiveness”... here is what my kids put together last night!

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

His dad bet $1,000 that he wouldn’t make the shot 💰🔥 #SCtop10

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[MLB @MLB]

Can’t. Stop. Watching. 🤯

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[Andre Reed @Andre_Reed83]

I guess @espn is playing 30 for 30 today ... this proves how articulate I am 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I haven’t changed. @buffalobills @bbillslegends #buffalo #billsmafia #gobills #winsomeLEARNsome #pistivity

[Don Epps @DonEppsEDU]

To be a fly on the wall with the meeting of these great minds! #ChasingGreatness

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

I love to hear from Admin who are listening to teachers’ and parents’ concerns and frustrations and making adjustments to overwhelming expectations. If leaders aren’t listening, they aren’t leading.

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

Don’t let your circumstances alter your faith. Let your faith alter your circumstances.

[ESPN @espn]

Don’t sleep on Sister Mary Jo’s curve ball 🔥

[kerry martin uzel @Madcorkerfin]

As an educator & mother of a 1st and a 3rd grader, I cannot applaud & promote this enough!
It’s not just fluff either, it’s grounded in legitimate psycho-educational research. #maslowbeforebloom
💚#BOLDPioneers💚

[Solution Tree @SolutionTree]

Bill Ferriter @plugusin reveals the top 4 insights he’s gained from giving students the opportunity to self-assess and self-correct. Trending video on #GlobalPD

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Cleared the fence and flipped the bat!

His grandpa couldn't believe it 😆 (via sarahtopham/Instagram)

[We Are Teachers @WeAreTeachers]

What say you, #teachers?

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

Anne Frank spent 2 years hiding in an attic and we’ve been home for just over a month with Netflix, food delivery & video games and there are people risking viral death by storming state capital buildings & screaming, “Open Fuddruckers!”

[Tom Okruch @okruch_tom]

@Joe_Sanfelippo Out of the park AGAIN! Thank you @Joe_Sanfelippo and I’m an old retired principal!

[Joe Sanfelippo @Joe_Sanfelippo]

LEADERS!!! What are we doing to BRING THEM BACK THE NEXT DAY? When people are SEEN and HEARD they are more invested in kids, colleagues, and the work. We’re all in this thing together.
#LeadFromWhereYouAre #1minwalk2work #ImpactTheNarrative #HackingLeadership

[Dr. Marie-Amélie George @ProfMAGeorge]

I ask my students to send me photos of their dogs doing class work. It’s an under-appreciated photography genre.

[George Couros @gcouros]

To this day, the Derek Redmond moment with his dad is my favorite Olympics memory. He finished last place but he finished with his dad.. I also have no idea who won. I cry every single time. #yourdailyawwwwww

[Mike Rutherford @RLGMike]

Reading from Missouri’s Leadership Development Guide (MLDS) this morning... this resonated with me.