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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…
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…
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…