Jim Gassaway

The other day I was listening to one of Jon Gordon's podcast from Positive University. In this podcast, Jon was interviewing a former...

It's been 15 months since my last blog. Time has really flown by and lots have happened. I am still an assistant principal with Nichols...

It has been three months since my last blog entry. Since that time, my family and I have moved to Texas. New job. New house. New town....

For Mississippi schools, students and teachers have been out of school for about two weeks. Since that time, I have had the time to...

Teachers have to have GRIT to make it through their day. My wife, Brittany, is a high school English teacher. I see and hear how tough...

In John Maxwell's book, "Sometimes You Win - Sometimes You Learn," he says that to win, you can't just keep attempting the same thing...

During my years of band directing, I was making decisions and building a program that would I mpact the success of the high school band. ...

I left the band world 7 years ago for the opportunity to become a principal. I wanted to help teachers so they could help their students....

I have a 3 year old son, Nic. He loves watching the movie "Frozen." We probably average at two viewings of this movie a week. His...

We have all heard the saying that "it's like riding a bike...you never forget." I can say that is true for me. No, I was not remembering...