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All Relationships are Critical to School Improvement
Relationships are critical to school improvement. Relationships between teacher and student is not the only place to focus our school improvement energy. In other blogs, I discussed how education is uniquely a human industry. As…
Barriers to & Benefits of Fixing Parental Engagement Continued…
Parents want to be involved in their children’s education. Most of the time, the parents who are not involved have some sort of barrier rather than a lack of desire. Let’s take a look at…
The Barriers to Parental Involvement and the Benefits of Fixing It
In order to have the best running school and see the most success for any student, schools and families have to work together. So, even though parents, teachers, and administration know this, why so often…
Progress Monitoring is ___. YOU FILL IN THE BLANK
The correct answer is progress monitoring is Closing Achievement Gaps. Without progress monitoring we are saying all students not only can’t learn but won’t learn. RTI/MTSS is both data-driven instruction and differentiation. Over my 20…
Improve the Opportunity to Teach & Learn = a Guaranteed & Viable Curriculum & Student Achievement
Improving the opportunity to teach automatically increases the opportunity to learn. With this mindset, the school leader is making a guaranteed and viable curriculum possible. Addressing the time issue is an early step in improving…
The power of a phone call. Calling parents is EFFECTIVE!
So don’t make an idle threat of saying, “I’m gon’ call your parents.” Just do it and call the parent. That phone call has power. It can build a relationship and motivate students. In other…
Parent Communication IS Instructional Support
Many states evaluate schools, administrators, and teachers on communication. Since the parent is the school’s customer, I agree with this evaluation criterion. More importantly, communication is the first step in partnering with parents to significantly…
The Pressures and Pains of Principalship
The wild thing about it is that I am not complaining. I loved it. In fact, one day I will run my own boarding school. But that is for a later conversation. As a…
The Problem with School Attendance
How can I reach them and teach them if they are not in school? Well, you can’t. Everything is not about attendance but everything starts with attendance. Indeed, student attendance is a leading indicator for…
Running from one fire to the next: School Climate and Behavior Challenges
Years ago, a sixth grader was getting into trouble. Although he was a smart kid, he got into several fights. In fact, he brought a knife to school for protection from a group of boys. …
The Pressures and Pains of Principalship
As a former administrator, I recall the long days and weeks to make the urban school experience meaningful to my students. My workday began at 7 a.m. and I didn’t leave until 5:20 p.m. Then…
Our Why
This is our first blog post and we felt that we should begin the conversation by introducing ourselves. We are a company of educators who work extremely hard and spend a lot of time on…