A Reader Submits... The Classroom Doom Loop

An Old School LYS Principal submits the following observation:

Here is my classroom doom loop recipe.

1. Poor instruction

2. Students off task and don't care

3. Minor, yet chronic, discipline problems

4. Teacher use failing grades as their primary motivator / punishment

SC Response

You forgot the critical catalysts of leadership failure:

1. Disengaged, absentee managership

2. Poor or no tools, support and feedback for staff.

The silver lining in this doom loop recipe, adult practice builds and accelerates the loop, but adult practice can slow down and dismantle the loop. Don’t believe me, look at the initial remedy for each element of the loop

1. Problem - Poor instruction / Solution – Fundamental 5

2. Problem - Students off task and don't care / Solution – Fundamental 5

3. Problem - Minor, yet chronic, discipline problems / Solution – Fundamental 5 and Foundation Trinity

4. Problem - Teacher use failing grades as their primary motivator and punishment / Solution – Fundamental 5 and Foundation Trinity

5. Problem - Disengaged, absentee managership / Solution – Foundation Trinity

6. Problem - Poor or no tools, support and feedback for staff / Solution – Fundamental 5 and Foundation Trinity

Think. Work. Achieve.

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