Legendary Leadership Badge (January 2017)

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 1/31/17).

Two Badges

Tom Jaggard: January 2017; November 2016

Donna Price: January 2017; November 2016

Patti Ward: January 2017; October 2016

One Badge

Benita Allard: January 2017

Destiny Barrera: January 2017

Derrick Brown: January 2017

Sean Cain: January 2017

Jennie Currin: January 2017

Linda Ernwine: January 2017

Margaret Havard: January 2017

Glenda Henry: January 2017

Jillian Howard: January 2017

Ranae Lane: January 2017

Amanda Lisso: January 2017

Cortney Lucas: January 2017

Gina Reuter: January 2017

Ryan Searle: January 2017

Ernest Smith: January 2017

Kelsey Smith: January 2017

Rob Stephenson: January 2017

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

Brian Odom: November 2016

Tisha Piwetz: November 2016

Angie Quinn: November 2016

Christina Spears: November 2016

Gina Vilches: November 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 Schools (January 2017)

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 January, the PowerWalks Hero School Targets were as follows:

January Hero School Targets

High Schools – 224 PowerWalks Observations

Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 170 PowerWalks Observations

Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 145 PowerWalks Observations

Alternative Schools – 45 PowerWalks Observations

Because February is a short month and weather days are always and issue, we’ll adjust the Hero targets.

February Hero School Targets

High Schools – 210 PowerWalks Observations

Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 150 PowerWalks Observations

Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 125 PowerWalks Observations

Alternative Schools – 40 PowerWalks Observations

In January, all the schools using the PowerWalks Instructional Observation System conducted a total of 23,629 classroom observations. A commendable job, LYS Nation! But now, without further ado, here are your SIXTY-ONE PowerWalks Hero Schools for the month of January 2017.  Congratulations!!!

Elementary Schools & Combined Campuses	Middle Schools & Junior High Schools	Alternative Schools	High Schools
Southside PS (CISD) - 557	Cleveland MS (CISD) - 449	Options HS / Keys Academy (SISD) - 65	El Dorado HS (SISD) - 668
Duryea ES (CFISD) - 486	Serna School (SISD) - 319		Cleveland HS (CISD) - 646
McFee ES (CFISD) - 479	Rawlins MS (CCSD1) - 309		Eastlake HS (SISD) - 599
Eastside ES (CISD) - 400	Sybert School (SISD) - 284		Valley HS (JCPS) - 566
Bill W. Wright ES (WISD) - 345	Marlin MS (MISD) - 272		Socorro HS (SISD) - 466
Northside ES (CISD) - 339	Kermit JH (KISD) - 267		Fairdale HS (JCPS) - 442
Live Oak Learning Center (ACISD) - 317	Ensor MS (SISD) - 258		Americas HS (SISD) - 405
Rawlins ES (CCSD1) - 305	Hernando MS (SISD) - 221		Montwood HS (SISD) - 310
Dublin ES (DISD) - 291	Farley MS (HISD) - 210		Rockport-Fulton HS (ACISD) - 298
Escontrias ECC/ES (SISD) - 254	Hambric School (SISD) - 210		Iroquois HS (JCPS) - 295
Fulton Learning Center (ACISD) - 250	Rockport-Fulton MS (ACISD) - 207		Weatherford HS (WISD) - 271
Dublin IS (DISD) - 221	Kirbyville JH (KCISD) - 205		Dublin HS (DISD) - 224
Marlin ES (MISD) - 219	Clark MS (SISD) - 200
Lujan-Chavez ES (SISD) - 216	Poteet JH (PISD) - 198
Ituarte ES (SISD) - 210	Sanchez MS (SISD) - 195
Colonial Hills ES (NEISD) - 209	Sun Ridge MS (SISD) - 188
Butler ES (SISD) - 207	Hutto MS (HISD) - 179
Jordan ES (SISD) - 196
Martinez ES (SISD) - 195
Portland ES (JCPS) - 195
Horizon Heights ES (SISD) - 179
McFerran Preparatory Academy (JCPS) - 179
Stephen F. Austin ES (WISD) - 179
Willbern ES (CFISD) - 167
Little Snake River Valley School (CCSD1) - 166
Heritage ES (LPISD) - 162
Hilley ES (SISD) - 162
Raymond E. Curtis ES (WISD) - 160
Little Bay Primary School (ACISD) - 156
Chavez ES (SISD) - 145
Veterans’ Hill ES (HISD) - 145

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