Top LYS Tweets from the Week of September 17, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of September 17, 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. NO research shows that giving a low score is motivating. In fact the opposite. It makes students give up. (By @alicekeeler)

2. In school, students cheat because the system values high grades more than students value learning. (By @neiltyson)

3. Frequent walkthroughs are an essential component of a formative observation system to ensure continuous instructional improvement. (By @AsstSuptAAA2)

4. If you aren’t feeling some discomfort, you aren’t improving. (By @Leadershipfreak)  

5. A goal without a plan is just a wish... (By @traci_tousant)

6. Teaching reading to kids is an absolute moral imperative. (By @FountasPinnell)

7. School leaders need to chase learning, not technology, or the latest quick fix, trendy idea, or popular innovation. (By @DrKing_BBJH)

8. Victory requires payment in advance. (By @SportsMotto)

9. Teachers, hold the Texas State Senate Republicans accountable in town halls for their unrelenting attack on Texas Public Schools this session. You deserve better. (By @pastors4txkids)

10. No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are! –Gregg Popovich (By @CoachMotto)

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) 
• 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

Top LYS Tweets from the Week of March 19, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of March 19, 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. My March for a Cure goal is 200 PowerWalks. (By @cfbd0ed4daab4f2)

2. Anyone can follow the crowd or turn a blind eye to injustice. It takes conviction, and courage to stand for that which is right! (By @clwilkens)

3. Hard places are hard. But they are the very things that strengthen our character and make us resilient. (By @clwilkens)

4. Stop telling kids you’re bad at math. You are spreading math anxiety ‘like a virus.’ (By @tedfujimoto)

5. "People are waking up to the fact that our public schools are under attack." (By @RachelReko)

6. Put yourself in situations where others depend on you. You won’t matter until you matter to others. (By @Leadershipfreak)

7. Texas students outperform voucher states on key academic benchmarks. (By @tasbnews)

8. Be the person people turn to when they need to get something done! (By @Leadershipfreak)

9. We must always strive to make it easier to vote, not harder. The work continues. (By @billclinton)

10. Don't forget those families who want a pool voucher to "home pool" their children. (By @RatliffT)

Visit Classrooms…  Beat Cancer!

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 National Principals Conference; The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• 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

A Superintendent Asks... Prominently Posted Goals

A LYS Superintendent requests the following:

SC,

I need some examples of posters other schools have put up to show their goals for the STAAR tests.  I’ve heard you talk about this and I’m looking for new ways to promote achievement.  Thanks for the help!

SC,

I don’t have any pictures to show you.  The one’s I did have I took so long ago I can’t find them.  The problem of the modern smart phone. But I can give you some guidelines to consider.

The best examples of prominently posted goals have five things in common:

1. They are big (the poster).

2. They are easy to understand.

3. The people who need to see them can’t avoid them (teachers and students at the high school / teachers at the elementary). Meaning they are placed in high traffic areas.

4. They actually track campus / district assessment progress towards achieving state testing goals.

5. They post the charts at the beginning of the year and update them as soon as they get new data.

I’ve attached an example.

Some schools track at the 3-week common assessment interval and some at the district assessment interval (usually 9 weeks).

And some only track their most fragile student population. Which give you a more accurate performance picture than tracking entire campus performance.

What is important is that the purpose for posting the charts is to serve as a score board.  A score board isn’t meant to shame or embarrass.  It’s meant to focus and to keep the main thing the main thing.

Visit Classrooms… Beat Cancer!

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 National Principals Conference; The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• 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