Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family [starts with a sentence that I never thought I would utter] This past long weekend Dr. Together and I took EIGHT tweens/teens (all of our kids plus one friend each) to an alpaca farm on the Maryland / West Virginia border for...
Could you use a One-Stop Shop? Check out Kristen’s “Life-changing” Hub!
Once upon a time, a lovely Dallas-based teacher saved me from my Tale of Too Many Tabs and introduced me to Toby – and my life was infinitely improved. And while we have written about various forms of organizational hubs (places employees can go to find relevant links...
September Tips: The Swirl, Signings & School Return
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Let’s just start with the big news! I wrote another book! It is out there in the world! This always terrifies me. Who has read it? Write me here and let me know what you think, or better yet, stop over at Amazon and drop an...
Next Level Project Management: Code Nation’s Hackathon in Asana
Perhaps my favorite part of teaching tons of classes is getting to meet great humans doing impactful work in the world. Recently, we were introduced to Code Nation, a wonderful nonprofit organization whose mission is to “equip students in under-resourced high schools...
May Tips: Spring Cleaning, Socks & Solutions
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family Currently, here in the 4Kid4CatTogetherVerse, we have 54 unmatched socks that live in a laundry room bin. 54? Yes, you heard that right. And at least a sixth of them are mine, including a very beloved pair of Darn Tough ski...
September Tips: Soft Fascination, Single-Tasking & Swamp Tours
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, August was a strange month around here. I turned 45. I’m getting married (to my second and final husband, h/t Jennifer Weiner) in October. We got four kids to their first days at four different schools—on time and with shoes. I...
June Tips: Weeping, Wilderness, and Winging It
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Out of necessity and somewhat by choice, I’ve been leaning into Maia-Winging-Things these days. Do you ever intentionally decide to just wing it? I know, I know, putting the words “intention” and “wing it” in the same sentence...
Tammie Holt
Over the last 20 years, Tammie has worked in the schoolhouse, as well as in central office leadership. In these roles, Tammie has provided professional development and coaching to school staff, worked to improve instruction and student achievement, and advocated for...
Briannon McLoughlin
Cornelius Arther
Cornelius holds a B.A. in Human Resources Management and Real Estate Finance. Since 2011, he has held a variety of Operations roles, including Manager of Growth Development Partnership for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Director of Regional Operations across...
