See You at the TASSP / LYS Leadership Academy

This coming Sunday and Monday in the TASSP / LYS Leadership Academy in San Antonio, Texas.  Late registration is still available.  Or you can join us the following Sunday and Monday in Frisco, Texas.  See you there!

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

A Problem with the Multi-Year Plan

Recently I was consulting with a campus that faces a high turn over rate, year after year. Central office is demanding that the campus produce a 5-year improvement plan. Campus leadership was attempting to make reality fit into a district template. 

What I explained to the Principal is that on his campus he is going to implement his year one induction plan, three-years in a row.  Only then will he have a critical mass of staff with the capacity to move to the next phase of the improvement plan.

He didn’t disagree, but he did have two questions.

Q1. Is three years of Year 1 not ambitious enough?

A1. Not only is it plenty ambitious; it actually gives staff a chance to build a foundation of critical practice and insight that will allow them to begin to experience a level of success.

Q2. What if Central Office doesn’t approve?

A2. I asked him what level of support he was currently getting? “Not much.”

To which I replied, “If their support amounts to nothing, how much worse could be their disapproval?”  

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of September 4, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of September 4, 2016 when they were first posted.  And if you are on Twitter, you might want to check out the Tweeters who made this week’s list.

1. The Research is Clear: High Quality Pre-K Pays Off. (By @txclcpolicy)

2. Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. -Warren Buffett (By @JohnCMaxwell)

3. “Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone - it is a fundamental human right.” (By @DrRichAllen)

4. The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite. (By @CoachKWisdom)

5. The best don't do anything extraordinary. They just do the ordinary things better. (By @DrKing_BBJH)

6. If you have staff training with no follow up, only 5% transfers back in the classroom! Follow up and support are important! (By @cdolat)

7. "Thank goodness for people who love us enough to tell us the truth and lead the way." (By @DrMetz_MHS)

8. The Texas Senate Education Committee has members that wish to take public money and subsidize the private education of affluent families. Injustice! Stop it! (By @pastors4txkids)

9. School teacher pay now 11% lower than pay of other workers with same level of education, even including health and pension benefits. (By @RBReich)

10. Study: Cyber charter students don't keep pace with counterparts in regular classrooms. (By @LYSNation)

Think. Work. Achieve.

Your turn...

• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “The Fundamental 5: The Formula for Quality Instruction.” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/Fundamental5 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook