December 8, 2017 Update - PowerWalks Hurricane Relief Challenge

On August 25, 2017, Aransas County Independent School was Ground Zero for Hurricane Harvey.  To assist the district in its rebuilding LYS announced the PowerWalks Hurricane Relief Challenge which was supposed to run from August 25 to September 30, 2017. And the LYS Nation stepped up!

Then Hurricanes Irma and Maria ransacked Florida and Puerto Rico. So, LYS extended the PowerWalks Hurricane Relief Challenge through October 31, 2017. And the LYS Nation stepped up!

But in October the extent of the devastation that occurred in both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands due to the hurricanes was revealed. So, LYS announced that the PowerWalks Hurricane Relief Challenge would be extended through December 22, 2017.  And the nickels keep adding up.  Here are the current donation totals:

August 2017: 5,211 PowerWalks classroom visits, generating a donation of $300.00

September 2017: 39,135 PowerWalks classroom visits, generating a donation of $2,000.00

October 2017: 49,222 PowerWalks classroom visits, generating a donation of $2,500.00

November 2017: 37,238 PowerWalks classroom visits generating a donation of $1,900.00

December 2017 (In Progress): 10,571 PowerWalks classroom visits generating a donation of $528.55

So far, the current donation total for the PowerWalks Hurricane Relief Challenge is $7,228.55

As proof that the LYS Nation is going above and beyond to meet this challenge, we’ll share some historical numbers.  From August 25, 2016 to December 1, 2016 there were 74,914 classroom observations completed. This is a number that no other group of schools can match. Unless the comparison group is made up of motivated LYSers.  

Because LYS Nation, from August 25, 2017 to December 8, 2017 you have now conducted 141,810 PowerWalks!  Don’t stop now!

Keep Stepping Up!

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 Assistant Principal Workshop (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

We Have the Best People...

“We have the best football players in the county. We just trust them to practice on their own and show up on Saturday and win games.”

-Never said by University of Clemson Head Coach, Dabo Swinny

“We have the best ball players in the league. All I have to do is just work at my desk, send some e-mails and check the box scores a couple of times a month. After all, my players are professionals.” 

-Never said by Houston Astros Manager, A.J. Hench

“We have the best basketball players in the world. They have played this game all their lives, so they don’t need to improve.  I just expect them to show up at the arena, on time, on game nights.” 

-Never said by Golden State Warriors Head Coach, Steve Kerr

“We have the best teachers in the state. I trust them to know what to teach, when to teach it, and how to teach it. That’s what we hired them to do and I don’t micro-manage.” 

-Often said every day by way too many principals and superintendents.

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 Assistant Principal Workshop (Keynote); NASSP National Principals Conference 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Legendary Leadership Badge (November 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 2017/2018 school year (as of 11/30/17).

Three Legendary Leadership Badges

Kenneth Bryant (GPISD): November; October; September

Julien Guillory (GPISD): November; November; October

Two Legendary Leadership Badges

Krystle Breden (GPISD): November; September

Julien Guillory (GPISD): November; October

Chris Viator (LPISD): November; September

Shon Joseph (LISD): October: September

One Legendary Leadership Badge

Emily Allen (JCPS): November

Allison Alpha (CISD): November

David Bobb (JCPS): November

Ruby Bonilla (GPISD): November

Ashlee Boothe (CISD): November

Norma Briseno (DISD): November

Stephanie Curl (JCPS): November

Malinda Dutkowski (JCPS): November

Susan Finkle (CCSD1): November

Teri Hans (JCPS): November

Jamie Hargrave (GPISD): November

Danielle Harney (GPISD): November

Genevieve Harris (JCPS): November

GayLynn Holt (DISD): November

Linda Hudson (JCPS): November

Edward Husk (CISD): November

Jeremy Jenkins (JCPS): November

Jeff Jennings (JCPS): November

Angela Johnson (JCPS): November

James Kisner (KISD): November

Angela Kupcho (CISD): November

Van LeJeune (MISD): November

Amanda Lisso (DISD): November

Kimberly Martin (GPISD): November

Myron Montgomery (JCPS): November

Christina Moore (GPISD); November

Dawn Roy (JCPS): November

Steve Sherrouse (CISD): November

Shannon Smith (JCPS): November

Nassrin Spencer (CISD): November

Andre Taylor (LISD): November

Tara Thompson (GPISD): November

Brianna Vorhis-Topping (GPISD): November

Patty Ward (MISD): November

Susan Webb (JCPS): November

Alyson Wilkins (CISD): November

Mark Williams (SISD): November

Lori Wright (GPISD): November

Toni Chapman (CCSD1): October

Eric Cormier (BISD): October

Gerardo Cruz (GPISD): October

Nancy Delosa (GPISD): October

Jennifer Engels (LPISD): October

Larry Gerhart (LPISD): 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

Derrick Brown (SISD): 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: TASSP Assistant Principal Workshop (Keynote); NASSP National Principals Conference 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook