Legendary Leadership Badge (December 2016)

There are those that don’t understand the power of reflective observation.  They mistakenly believe that there is nothing to learn after a few cursory visits to a classroom.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  In fact, the most important key to building insight and deeper understanding about teaching and learning is to engage in a steady volume of daily classroom observation.  What we have learned over the past ten years is that after about every 300 classroom observations, the observer will notice, discern, and/or learn something new... something that was previously hidden. It is the “Eureka” moment, and there is nothing else like it in instructional leadership.

In this pursuit, there is the PowerWalks Legendary Leadership Badge that is earned every 300^th PowerWalks Observation. The following instructional leaders have already earned the Legendary Leadership Badge for the 2016/2017 school year (as of 12/31/16).

Cynthia Childers: December 2016

E. Cormier: December 2016

Lisa Fain: December 2016

James Kisner: December 2016

Kevin Odea: December 2016

Blake Maxwell: December 2016

Tim Merki: December 2016

Rhonda Mieth: December 2016

Jenny Morris: December 2016

Melissa Myers: December 2016

Diane Ranft: December 2016

Lois Redden: December 2016

Patsy Sanchez: December 2016

Michelle Schreiner: December 2016

Joel Thomas: December 2016

Jacinda Waldrip: December 2016

Monta Bonham: November 2016

Kenneth Bryant: November 2016

Michelle Casas: November 2016

Christopher Collins: November 2016

Susan Finkle: November 2016

Tra Hall: November 2016

Christal Hammond: November 2016

Tom Jaggard: November 2016

Brian Odom: November 2016

Tisha Piwetz: November 2016

Donna Price: November 2016

Angie Quinn: November 2016

Christina Spears: November 2016

Gina Vilches: November 2016

Patti Ward: October 2016

John Speck: October 2016

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 
• Upcoming Conference Presentations: TASSP Aspiring Principal Workshop (Multiple Presentations), Learning for a Change Spring Summit (Keynote and Multiple Presentations) 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

PowerWalks Hero School (December 2016)

In furtherance of a LYS Nation tradition, we will take this time to tip our caps to the campuses that have embraced the most important step in creating and maintaining an action oriented professional learning community.  These are the campuses that have conducted an extraordinary number of formative classroom observations in a given month.  For the month of December, the PowerWalks Hero School Targets were as follows:

December Hero School Targets

High Schools – 175 PowerWalks Observations

Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 120 PowerWalks Observations

Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 100 PowerWalks Observations

Alternative Schools – 35 PowerWalks Observations

We want to kick the New Year off right so we’ll increase the Hero targets.

January Hero School Targets

High Schools – 225 PowerWalks Observations

Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 170 PowerWalks Observations

Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 145 PowerWalks Observations

Alternative Schools – 45 PowerWalks Observations

In December, all the schools using the PowerWalks Instructional Observation System conducted a total of 13,243 classroom observations. A commendable job, LYS Nation! But now, without further ado, here are your forty-three PowerWalks Hero Schools for the month of December 2016.  Congratulations!!!

Elementary Schools & Combined Campuses	Middle Schools & Junior High Schools	Alternative Schools	High Schools
Southside PS (CISD) - 342	Rockport-Fulton MS (ACISD) - 230		Socorro HS (SISD) - 382
Northside ES (CISD) - 324	Kermit JH (KISD) - 211		North Shore HS (GPISD) - 333
Eastside ES (CISD) - 230	Hambric School (SISD) - 197		Valley HS (JCPS) - 321
Colonial Hills ES (NEISD) - 208	Cleveland MS (CISD) - 192		Eastlake HS (SISD) - 310
Duryea ES (CFISD) - 196	Drugan School (SISD) - 189		Fairdale HS (JCPS) - 309
McFee ES (CFISD) - 190	Ensor MS (SISD) - 187		El Dorado HS (SISD) - 308
Live Oak Learning Center (ACISD) - 184	Rawlins MS (CCSD1) - 170		Americas HS (SISD) - 292
Little Bay Primary School (ACISD) - 170	Puentes MS (SISD) - 161		Odessa HS (ECISD) - 250
Dublin ES (DISD) - 166	Serna School (SISD) - 150		Montwood HS (SISD) - 213
Rawlins ES (CCSD1) - 165	Marlin MS (MISD) - 142		Rockport-Fulton HS (ACISD) - 209
Bill W. Wright ES (WISD) - 152	Kirbyville JH (KCISD) - 141
Dublin IS (DISD) - 149	Hernando MS (SISD) - 131
Fulton Learning Center (ACISD) - 138	Sun Ridge MS (SISD) - 130
Lujan-Chavez ES (SISD) - 137
Ituarte ES (SISD) - 136
Stephen F. Austin ES (WISD) - 119
Little Snake River Valley School (CCSD1) - 106
Escontrias ECC/ES (SISD) - 104
Jordan ES (SISD) - 104
Goliad ES (BSISD) - 100

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 
• Upcoming Conference Presentations: TASSP Aspiring Principal Workshop (Multiple Presentations), Learning for a Change Spring Summit (Keynote and Multiple Presentations) 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook