Prep Time: A Mismanaged Resource and Professional Bone of Contention

Improving daily schoolhouse practices that affect teacher professionalism is a strategy for improving the perception of teaching as a career and retaining veteran teachers. Continue reading

Leaders and Legacy: Work In Progress

Most school leaders are placeholders or doers. It is a choice. For doers, tenure average and change theory say time available and time necessary are not equal. If you want to make a difference, get working. Continue reading

No Bucks, No Buck Rogers. Bucks Launch Great Results

School boards that fund programs that meet only mandated and statutory requirements are achieving academic outcomes of inproficiency. Buck Rogers-like outcomes require boards to spend more bucks. It is a choice. Continue reading

Brag About Your School – Who Will Brag If You Won’t?

School brags are about pride, recognizing school and student achievement and connecting current students with alumnae and the community while motivating younger students to continuing and new success. Every school has things it can brag about so brag away! Continue reading

Listening, Speaking and Arithmetic

Although schools and school organization were built and designed by prior generations, instruction of children must be geared to the here and now of their learning and language preferences. Generational shift is at play. Continue reading