Friday, November 3, 2017

Legendary Leadership Badge (October 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 300th PowerWalks Observation. The following instructional leaders have already earned the Legendary Leadership Badge for the 2017/2018 school year (as of 10/31/17).

Two Legendary Leadership Badges
Kenneth Bryant (GPISD): October; September
Shon Joseph (LISD): October: September


One Legendary Leadership Badge
Toni Chapman (CCSD1): October
Eric Cormier (BISD): October
Gerardo Cruz (GPISD): October
Nancy Delosa (GPISD): October
Jennifer Engels (LPISD): October
Larry Gerhart (LPISD): October
Julien Guillory (GPISD): October
Karen Ivy (CISD): October
Greg Lauder (JCPS): October
Tera Marburgh (GPISD): October
Ann Murphy (GPISD): October
Pattie Myers (CISD): October
Barika Noris (GPISD): October
Candace Pohl (LPISD): October
Robert Reedy (JCPS): October
Janie Snyder (GPISD): October


Krystle Breden (GPISD): September
Derrick Brown (SISD): September
Chris Viator (LPISD): September

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: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
  • Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Thursday, November 2, 2017

PowerWalks Hero Schools (October 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.  October continued our Hurricane Relief Challenge so the targets were aggressive

The October Hurricane Relief Targets
High Schools – 575 PowerWalks Observations
Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 450 PowerWalks Observations
Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 325 PowerWalks Observations
Alternative Schools – 115 PowerWalks Observations.

Since the need is great, we are extending our Hurricane Relief Challenge through December 22, 2017. Which means that we are staying aggressive with the Hero Targets for November.

Your November Hurricane Relief Targets
High Schools – 500 PowerWalks Observations
Middle Schools / Junior High Schools – 375 PowerWalks Observations
Elementary / Intermediate / Combined Campuses – 275 PowerWalks Observations
Alternative Schools – 100 PowerWalks Observations.

LYS Nation, keep stepping up!

Now without further ado, here are your fifty PowerWalks Hero Schools for the month of October 2017.  Congratulations!!!

Elementary Schools & Combined Campuses
Middle Schools & Junior High Schools
Alternative Schools
High Schools
M. Robinson ES (CFISD) - 810
Cunningham MS (GPISD) – 1,121
Zotz Campus (GPISD) - 709
North Shore Senior HS (GPISD) – 1,823
Southside Primary School (CISD) - 785
North Shore MS (GPISD) - 856
CTE ECHS (GPISD) - 153
North Shore 9th Grade Campus (GPISD) – 1,309
Cloverleaf ES (GPISD) - 671
Crosby MS (JCPS) - 773

Cleveland MS (CISD) - 839
Jacinto City ES (GPISD) – 610
Cleveland MS (CISD) - 738

Lancaster HS (LISD) - 796
Purple Sage ES (GPISD) – 569
Robertson MS (LISD) - 707

Valley HS (JCPS) - 776
Normandy Crossing ES (GPISD) – 568
La Porte JH (LPISD) - 660

Galena Park HS (GPISD) – 699
MacArthur ES (GPISD) – 565
Farnsley MS (JCPS) - 649

Granbury HS (GISD) - 677
Tice ES (GPISD) – 562
Cobb 6th Grade Campus (GPISD) - 642

Pleasure Ridge Park HS (JCPS) - 665
Sam Houston ES (GPISD) – 560
Galena Park MS (GPISD) – 543


Eastside ES (CISD) - 554
Johnson Traditional MS (JCPS) - 530


Pyburn ES (GPISD) – 553
Woodland Acres MS (GPISD) – 465


McFee ES (CFISD) - 547
Olmstead Academy South (JCPS) - 455


Northside ES (CISD) - 542



Duryea ES (CFISD) - 493



North Shore ES (GPISD) – 465



Cimmarron ES (GPISD) - 461



Green Valley ES (GPISD) – 458



Galena Park ES (GPISD) - 449



Rawlins ES (CCSD1) - 418



Cane Run ES (JCPS) - 374



Williamson ES (GPISD) - 368



Shacklette ES (JCPS) - 364



Woodland Acres ES (GPISD) – 359



Wellington ES (JCPS) - 345



Havard ES (GPISD) – 344



Medora ES (JCPS) - 339



Emmott ES (CFISD) - 335



Johnstown Road ES (JCPS) - 330




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: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
  • Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook