Brian Moll

Husband, father of two amazing humans, special education administrator, school psychologist, and chooser of optimism over cynicism! Stay positive my friends!

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

@SaveAmericaNew Yes

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

@Rightanglenews I don’t like Newsom by any stretch. But while he is jumpy and bizarre he scratches his eye once and nose one. I think your frequent nose scratch assertion is a stretch!

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

@AaronDFordNV Please provide the facts you have to demonstrate this will rip billions from our children. Where are the facts that IDEA funding will be cut? Instead of making blanket statements to incite fear, anger, and uncertainty, please give people data and facts.

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

Thank you for the helpful rundown @rickhess99!

[Frederick M. Hess @rickhess99]

I keep giving the same answers to the same queries about the Executive Order on the Department of Ed. So, as a time-saver, here’s my take:

1. In principle, I think downsizing or eliminating ED is sensible. As always, though, what really matters is whether the practical result works as promised.
2. As written, the EO is careful to respect Congressional authority. This is good.
3. That means, as written, the EO doesn’t really change anything. It tells the EdSec to keep doing what she’s doing and asks Congress to abolish ED.
4. The R’s don’t currently have the Senate votes, so ED isn’t getting abolished unless they get at least 7 D’s.
5. Today’s announcements about moving student lending to SBA or special ed to HHS appear inconsistent with statute. That means this is headed to court.
6. None of what’s been proposed involves cuts to funding for major programs (like Title I, IDEA, or Pell). The only cuts are to federal staff and organizational boxes. That means the claims about how much all this matters for students are grossly exaggerated.
7. Meanwhile, if you really want to empower states, we need to not just cut staff or abolish ED but repeal rules, revamp requirements, issue waivers, or overhaul legislation. Otherwise, all the accumulated red tape actually remains, whether it’s supervised by ED or someone else.
8. The only thing that the EO really changed is that it put Trump squarely into the “abolish ED” push— publicly and viscerally. This will energize supporters and opponents alike.

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

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[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

@stoolpresidente Did it dawn on you that rolling to the left he couldn’t get around and make that throw to Jennings over the defender so he dumped it to his sure handed full back at a more confident arm angle. Who’s selfish? I don’t see it. Sorry if you lost money! But it is called gambling!!

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

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[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

@RichardACarran2 @LeadNV_EDU Thank you for an incredible two days! Such an honor to be part of all of all of this and have the opportunity to learn from such an amazing leader!

[COACH PRIME @DeionSanders]

How in the world is your Life gonna Change if you're not willing to Change. We want everyone & everything to Change but not us. We're Stuck in our ways, habits,environments & in our Minds. Please know that Change is Inevitable. It’s ultimately gonna happen. #CoachPrime

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

@AdamMayberry @NVNationalGuard Super cool!!

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

It’s good to be a Grizzly!! Congratulations @CoachAaronCook! Your guys have been fun to follow this year! Once a Grizzly always a Grizzly! #WSCDProud

[Mike Stefansson @MikeStefansson]

The Galena Grizzlies are bringing some hardware back to South Reno, claiming the North’s first 5A Division-III crown with an 18-7 win over Douglas.

First regional title since 2006 for Galena, which now advances to next Saturday’s state championship at Mackay Stadium.

[SF Giants on NBCS @NBCSGiants]

The Giants announced a handful of hires to Bob Melvin's coaching staff, including a few familiar faces 👀

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[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

Shout out to all my school psychologists out there for National School Psychology Week! This NASP Practice Model infographic is a great visual of all that schools psychologists can do to support our students, schools, and communities. #SchoolPsychWeek #WeAreWCSD #WCSDProud

[National Association of School Psychologists @nasponline]

The NASP practice model puts into perspective how school psychologists share their knowledge and help others grow everyday! #SchoolPsychWeek

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

“……apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.” Love this!!

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Pale Blue Dot is a photo of Earth that was taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990 from a distance of about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as it was leaving our solar system. This is what Carl Sagan said about the photo:

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor, and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every 'superstar,' every 'supreme leader,' every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

Seeing the happiness and optimism expressed by our WEA members yesterday, including my wife was incredible! This is so amazing and long overdue! 🙌🏻

[News 4 Reno @News4Reno]

The Washoe County School District (WCSD) and the Washoe Education Association (WEA) have reached a tentative two-year collective bargaining agreement, resulting in a 20 percent cost of living adjustment over the course of two years.
https://t.co/9cO8RArZMM

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

Hallelujah! So happy for our educational support personnel! They are so deserving of this long overdue raise!! There is no way we can run the district without them!! 🙌🏻

[KOLO8 @KOLO8]

The contract commits to a 13.2% raise for frontline education support personnel, such as bus drivers, teachers assistants and nutrition services workers https://t.co/LXi1olSFID

[Dr. Susan Enfield @SuptEnfield]

Grateful to our families and advocates who took time to attend our first @WashoeSchools Special Education Family Action Committee meeting of the school year. So much wisdom and ideas for making our school system better for students, families & staff. #WeAreWCSD

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

Absolutely love this! Go Erica!! #WCSDProud

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

@CoachAaronCook Ha! I think the message is to take a lunch when your contract guarantees you one and whenever you have the chance. Hope you are well!

[Brian Moll @realBrianMoll]

There are many things available to help us take care of ourselves, manage the stressors of the school year,and maintain a positive mindset! Find what works for you! #backtoschool

[Council for Exceptional Children @CECMembership]

Your mental health matters! Take care of yourself this school year with these #3things you can do to ensure you maintain your mental health.

#SpecialEducation #3things3minutes #BackToSchool

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