Home visit to Elfin Cove 2015.  

We had 10 beautiful days in Elfin Cove this May.  I got the new oil tank installed and the old one hauled away; a new kitchen range and oven installed (and the old one hauled away); the porch fixed (can you believe it separated 7.5 inches in 2 years!); the yard groomed (front and back); the bedrooms cleaned up; and the attic organized.  No easy task for such a remote place.  It was wonderful seeing everyone again; especially Patti & Mike and the Norvell family.  My next trip is August!

On-line Instruction

It's been my privilege and pleasure to be teaching on-line for Alaskan educators.  Thanks to the work with Alaska's Learning Network, the Alaska Department of Education, the Alaska Humanities Forum and Educating 4 Leadership, I am fairly busy. Currently, I am the instructor for high school Alaska Studies, On-Line Coaching for teachers and working on several interesting projects with E4L.  The on-line work allows me time with my grandkids (Ayani below.. 2 yrs old, her twin brother, Roven and Lio, 1 yr old).

Governor Sean Parnell Names Education Commissioner Michael Hanley

JUNEAU -- Gov. Sean Parnell has approved the appointment of an Anchorage principal as Alaska's new education commissioner.


Michael Hanley will replace Larry LeDoux, who resigned. Hanley was selected by the state Board of Education and Early Development, and Parnell signed off on the pick Friday.

The governor's office says Hanley has been principal at Kincaid Elementary School since 2005; before that, he was a teacher with the Anchorage School District. Hanley has a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

The department oversees public schools and runs Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka. It includes the division of libraries, museums and archives; the professional teaching practices commission; and state council on the arts.

Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/12/03/1450793/anchorage-principal-named-education.html#ixzz176xXrwy0