Tyrel Mikesell

Disciple of Christ, Husband, Father, MGMS Principal, Advocate for education based athletics. Trying to make a difference every day!

[Tyrel Mikesell @tymike4]

@AFPreece @letsquitteachin

[Matthew Kobach @mkobach]

If you were coming to visit me in Atlanta and wanted some recommendations, here’s what I would tell you:

Coffee:
• Banjo
• Chrome Yellow
• Perc

Pizza:
• Glide
• Antico
• Pizza Jeans

Mexican:
• Superica
• Poco Loco
• Pollo Supremo

Donuts:
• Revolution
• Salty Donut
• Hell Yeah Gluten Free

Sandwiches:
• Fred’s Meat and Bread
• Bona Fide Delux
• General Muir

Burgers:
• Smiley’s
• Little’s
• Holeman and Finch

Breakfast:
• Bread and Butterfly
• B-Side
• Home Grown

Cocktails:
• Banshee
• Ticonderoga Club
• Ranger Station

Steak:
• Marcel
• Rathbun
• Kimball House

BBQ:
• Fat Matt’s
• Heirloom
• Fox Brothers

I’ve got tons more. So if you’re visiting me, just ask.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The antidote to overthinking isn't thinking less. It's rethinking more.

Overthinking is ruminating on old ideas without a new lens. It narrows your focus and wears you out.

Rethinking is revisiting the same issue from a different perspective. It broadens and sharpens your view.

[Tyrel Mikesell @tymike4]

@bryanlatch @CotWatch I do too!

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

The best antidote to burnout is not teaching people coping skills to handle stress. It's redesigning work to reduce stress.

The cure for exhaustion is removing overwhelming demands and the norm of self-sacrifice.

Healthy workplaces value well-being as much as performance.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

If I teach, and no one learns anything, DID I TEACH??

🤔

[David O'Brien @DOBrienATL]

By the way, MLB, re: the games that were on Bally and now unavailable to so many folks, lift the damn blackout of those games for those who pay $120 or $140 for https://t.co/jjJn0DOOht. To continue to black those out is horrendous.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Banning smartphones in schools is good for learning and well-being.

New study of 400+ middle schools in Norway: after smartphone bans, girls had fewer mental health issues & better grades. Boys and girls were less likely to be bullied.

Smartphones belong at home or in lockers.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

A standardized test tells us nothing about our sensational kids.

The "standard" these tests really measure is our consistent delivery of high quality Tier 1 learning.

Tests aren't about the kids.
But they are about the learning we designed & provided for them.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

Every kid coming to school has a story.

Every adult does, too.

Want to make your school a place where all feel like they belong?

Make sharing stories with each other the norm.

That's how we change lives.
By learning we all share similar stories.

[Tyrel Mikesell @tymike4]

@Barstool_ATL Not scoring more runs than the opponent in 6 games.

[Tyrel Mikesell @tymike4]

@jameschasejr @zipguytweets @Barstool_ATL Elder has started one game went 6.2 innings, 8 hits, 4 K's, 0 BB's, and 0.00 ERA.

Fried just pitched a 3 hit, 0 BB, complete game shutout last night that reminded everyone of Maddux. Not sure what more you want, but these two are not the weak links thus far early in the season.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

If we aren't examining our impact as educators on the learning in the building, then we don't know what is NOT working or WHY.
And because of THAT, we will not improve.

If we are meeting a lot & talking a lot, but not about impact, then we're just meeting & talking.

[Jazz Uniform Tracker @JazzUniTracker]

Introducing the Utah Cutthroats 🐟🏒

#NHLtoUtah #Concept

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

Traditional.

Standards-Based.

Gradeless.

All can be used helpfully or harmfully.

Grading is not the conversation.

Learning is the conversation.
#Project180

[Tyrel Mikesell @tymike4]

@grantmcauley The Professor!

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Management by walking around (MBWA) is a real thing. There’s no substitute for visibility… and it actually facilitates more effective leadership.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

Adults in schools,
Find five kids today & tell them this:
"I'm so glad your here today because..."

Leaders, do the same with 5 teachers.

Every single person in school bring something special to it.
And we should make sure each one knows.

Repeat this process often.

[Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning! @letsquitteachin]

Leadership summed up in a 4-word question:

"How can I help?"

[James Valentine @ValentineJames]

Elder Uchtdorf: “Higher, Orville, Higher!” On finding a higher joy in following the Savior. Draw near. Reach Out. Seek and ye shall find. #generalconference