Shift Happens
If you don’t adopt New Rules, drop the “f” in Shift!
New Rule: Be a Cultural Custodian I often hear that there are not enough teachers. Bullfeathers. There are more than enough teachers. The issue is that many are choosing not to teach. Hmmm. Why? Some research I have read indicates that fifty percent of the teachers are leaving the profession in five years. This dropout […]
New Rule: Get a New School Bored When asking students the traditional question, ‘what did you do in school today?’ the usual response is “nothing.” When asking students ‘how was school today, a high percentage say, “boring.” So, why do we have a school bored? What can we do to change the school bored? Ted […]
New Rule: Do it for Oscar As I reflect on over forty years in education, “it has always been the kids and staff that gets me out of bed in the morning.” As a building principal, there is nothing more meaningful to me than to see a staff member be successful with kids. AND to […]
New Rule: PLCs – NOT Las Vegas Shirley Hord coined the term PLC (Professional Learning Community) and published articles at SEDL. PLCs have been a concept with great power and, from my experience, not practiced very well. Milbury McLaughlin, Stanford, supported the concept years ago and said PLCs could be the change schools need for […]