Andrew Marotta Blog
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Andrew Marotta is an energetic and enthusiastic school leader who has put his positive imprint on his beloved school, Port Jervis HS, in Port Jervis, NY. Learn, discuss, and interact with Andrew, Principal, Author, and Education Leader on and about education leadership surviving & thriving.
Andrew Marotta Blog
6d ago
My son played Freshman basketball this school year. He had a great season with a wonderful group of young men and two tremendous coaches. I would like to recognize Coach Neidig and Coach Newton from the Delaware Valley School District. Both did a tremendous job guiding, molding, and directing these 14 and 15-year-olds. It takes ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
2w ago
Every once, in a while, you read a book or watch a film/documentary that has a deep impact on you. You remember things that stand out. Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and more all did that for me. I love the incredible impacts these book, movies, etc can make. Make the ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
1M ago
Over the years of refereeing, I’ve heard some of the top referees talk about the freedom, and clarity between the lines on the court. When they stepped on the court, the single focus they had was being engaged with the plays, and getting the plays correct. I felt it myself, as I progressed in my ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
1M ago
Good morning surviving & thriving friends. Proud to share this post written by my friend Dr. Chris Jones from Virginia. Chris has an amazing leadership journey spanning time in the Army Airborne Rangers, as HS Principal, triathlete, father & husband. He is the executive director of the Virgina ASCD leading all aspects of that organization. ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
1M ago
I was officiating a post-season college basketball playoff game one afternoon. Before stepping onto the court we met with supervisors about the very contentious game that we were about to go into. As we were leaving the room, the supervisor called me back in. It was just him and I, and he looked me in ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
1M ago
People say things on my education leadership podcast that just jump out of the earphones at me. It’s like everything stops and I only hear those words. It usually happens once or twice a show, and I like to call them “the magic moments.” The moments that contain sprinkles of incredible inspiration and motivation. It ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
1M ago
Good morning friends. Meet Dr. Joe Famularo, the NYS 2-24 Superintendent of the Year! I was thrilled to have Dr. Joe on my podcast last year and was so super impressed. What an amazing leader and person! When we were done, I asked if he would be interested in continuing sharing his leadership by writing ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
2M ago
The Christmas season brings so many traditions and wonderful memories. One of those is getting the Christmas tree every year. For years, we’ve gone to the same local place, worked with the same local people, and have had wonderful memories of getting our tree. This year two of us were sick, one had practice ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
2M ago
I am the outdoor Christmas lights guy in my family. My daughters and wife take care of decorating the inside of the house, but I’m on outside duty. Each year it seems that they want to start decorating earlier and earlier. We had an intense meeting this year and compromised that we could start on ..read more
Andrew Marotta Blog
2M ago
One of the secret strategies I use is: ‘a little bit a lot of the time.’ I don’t sit at my desk and write 15 blogs over three hours. I write just one blog a lot of the time. I write just one. I actually do many of the blogs as talk to text via ..read more