Reading, writing, arithmetic and a Bull Roar Meter. Should these be our new basic skills for an educated child? I hope so. We readily recognize that reading, writing and arithmetic endure as necessary basic skills in the education of every … Continue reading
What Do You See? What Do You Think? Good Questions Always
What do you see, what to you think When I sit with grand daughters at our local park looking at the sky and horizon over the waters of Green Bay, they can anticipate two questions. “What do you see?” And, … Continue reading
“Tell Me” and “Show Me” If You Want To Be Understood
I can hear Robert Shaw’s voice. “Do ya folla’?”, Quint, the shark-hunting captain of the Orca, asked Martin Brody (Roy Schneider) and Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfus) in Jaws. “Do ya folla’?” was Quint’s way of checking if the Sheriff and … Continue reading
Five Dimensions of an Organizational Selfie
How are we doing as an organization? Are we successful? Are we doing a good job? How do we know? Perhaps we need an organizational selfie; a snapshot using data not pixels. Smile! In our selfie culture we are accustomed … Continue reading
Two Rules: Administer the Policy and Do What Is Right for Children
“Rocks in the pocket” eventually cause most school administrators to leave their current position, wrote Jerry Patterson in The Anguish of Leadership (2000). Rocks are negative baggage. They are the unfavorable stories attached to a person’s reputation by those who … Continue reading