shira

shira
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The mom of two children who are now in their twenties, Shira is the CEO and founder of Discovery Village, a premier childcare center and preschool in Tarrytown, N.Y. Known for her expertise in educational leadership, project based learning, and character education, Shira is co-author of the book The Coach Approach to School Leadership: Leading Teacher's to Higher Levels of Effectiveness. She served for twenty years as elementary school principal of schools throughout New Jersey, Westchester, and New York City. Shira holds a Ph.D in Education and serves as an adjunct faculty member and dissertation advisor for doctoral students at Northeastern University's graduate school of education.
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Handwashing, Mindfulness, and the Rhythm of Our Lives

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For the past several months, running a childcare center that has remained open throughout the pandemic, one simple action has kept me grounded: washing my hands. Perhaps the most important of all our many...
finding the best

Finding the Best of Ourselves in the Worst of Times

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It was another age, and a different terror - September 11, 2001.  We were celebrating “Do the Right Thing Day,” launching our new character education approach at Schechter Westchester (now the Leffell School), where I...
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Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times

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These past weeks I have been experiencing the surreal sense of playing the part of a character in a historical fiction novel or movie, accepting and even striving to embrace the role given to...
Picasso

The Day I Destroyed a Picasso

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It was a mothering moment that now makes me cringe with embarrassment and remorse.    The basement, where my then five (now 24-year-old) daughter played, was suspiciously quiet. I rushed downstairs and saw my daughter from...

Working Mom Life Reversed: Meet Shira

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After twenty-four years basking in the blessings and tribulations of life as a working mom (my daughter is 24 and my son is 20), I once again get to delight in diaper changing, finger...