Top LYS Tweets from the Week of December 10, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of December 10, 2017 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. Will we protect universal public education for all children? Or privatize it for the few who can afford it? That is the spiritual crisis of our time. (By @pastors4txkids)

2. Never let anyone fail before you’ve done everything appropriate to help them succeed. (By @Leadershipfreak)

3. We promote what we permit. A culture can never rise above the worst behavior that is allowed. It all starts with our leadership and our example. (By @jistintarte)

4. You don't really know if you can lead others until you have been opposed by others. If you can’t handle opposition, you can’t handle leadership. (By @RickHaasl)

5. Coaches: Be the coach and mentor that you needed when you were a teenager. (By @CoachOzee)

6. Hire the type of person who stops to pick up trash on the floor because they take pride in where they work even though it's not ‘officially’ their job. (By @jistintarte)

7. Success doesn’t depend on getting every single thing right, but instead relies on identifying key priorities and fashioning them into powerful levers. (By DrKign_BBJH)

8. GOP hammering students while giving tax breaks to the ultra-rich should not surprise America. Look at Texas. When GOP came to power they almost immediately began dismantling financial support for college education. (By @CollierForTexas)

9. Folks confident in their actions, honesty and their innocence don’t bother trying to run down other folks so hard because if the truth is on their side, they’ll be fine. (By @chucktodd)

10. I'm amazed at the range of intelligence in our species. On one end you have people exploring galaxies and quantum physics. On the other you have Flat Earthers. Other species don't have this. You won't see one wolf doing long division while another refuses to believe that trees are real. (By @Thunt_Goblins)

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

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

Top Tweets from the Week of October 22, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of October 22, 2017 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. If the Texas public education community doesn’t see today’s political landscape as a clear and present danger, they aren’t watching closely enough. (By @RatliffT)

2. Teachers, use your "outside" voices! Public schools are under attack. People need to hear the truth from you! (By @GayAdelmann)

3. It's not 'my' team... it's our team. It's not 'my' school... it's our school. It's not 'my' idea... it's our idea. Words matter. (By @justintarte)

4. Cyber-education targets poor children when what that child needs most is a loving, human, in-the-flesh teacher. (By @pastors4txkids)

5. So much happening in our country requires us people of privilege to use that privilege to advocate for others. (By @Snowmanlearning)

6. The broadest range of educational choices for students is found in our public education system. (By @NSBAComm)

7. Our goal with assessment isn’t to identify unsuccessful teachers or students, it should be to identify unsuccessful teaching methods. (By @plugusin)

8. Coaching maximizes potential, expands capacity, and enhances fulfillment. (By @Leadershipfreak)

9. There are 1.2 million teachers and retired teachers in Texas. Only 600,000 votes decided the Lieutenant Governor’s race. Do the math. (By @Dr_Chap_JISD)

10. Get Attention: Vote! (By @drdanawest)

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