The Principal Platinum Standard

“Nationally, I’m known as E. Don.”

When I heard that comment twelve years ago that was when I realized that that my friend and mentor in my little world, also operated on a much grander scale.

Don Brown is an anomaly. Has was principal in an era when rubric for the exceptional principal was fairly cut and dried, all one had to do was, in order, keep:

• The teachers happy.
• The Superintendent happy.
• The parents happy.
• The building clean.
• The students occupied and behaved.

That wasn’t enough for Don. So he did more. He is:

• One of the Godfathers of the Trimester Schedule.
• One of the Godfathers of the PLC process.
• One of the Godfathers of the All Students Continue Their Education After High School movement.
• The architect of Breaking Ranks. 

That wasn’t enough for Don. So he did more. He was:

• The President of the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals
• The President of the National Association of Secondary School Principals
• A Board Member of the International Confederation of Principals

Then Don retired, but didn’t quit. He became one of the:

• Godfathers of the Online Professional Development movement.
• Godfathers of the EFFECTIVE (not political) School Turnaround Process.
• Godfathers of the Principal Coaching movement.
• Founders of Lead Your School.

As the Lead Your School Principal Emeritus, Don continues to coach principals and train teachers across the country, every week. In his 70’s, he has more energy and passion for schools than a man ½ his age.  We at Lead Your School are not the only ones who recognize and appreciate his continued contributions to the profession. Just last week, at a complete surprise to him, E. Don Brown was named....

The Principal Emeritus of the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Don Brown, he’s kind of a big deal...

Congratulations!!!

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 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: Texas Association of Secondary School Principals Conference (Multiple Presentations); Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association Conference (Multiple Presentations); LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Readers Ask... Credits Earned - Minutes Instead of Days

Some LYS High School Principals asked two versions of the same question:

SC,

What politician came up with the idea of going to school based on the number of minutes in the school day as opposed to using days to figure out a school year?  That sure opens up a lot of issues in which there is NO direction given.  What say you?

And

SC,

What is your take on the changing of the school calendars from days to minutes?

SC Response

I hadn't really thought much about this.  But I'll do so now.

I do know that there are a number of CTE programs that require a specific number of clock hours to earn the certificate or license. 

But for core classes, the standards are much looser.

Let's assume a 175-day school year and a 45-minute class period (not optimal, but common in an 8 period day).  That would produce a total of 7,875 potential instructional minutes.  The idea behind the accelerated block and trimester is that you can reduce the number of classes on a given day, expand the minutes spent in the remaining classes and earn credits faster (essentially be exposed to the requisite minutes faster).

Then there is the whole self-paced / credit-by-exam model where once students prove master of the subject, they get the credit.

The easiest model to manage (at scale) is the days served model, with essentially all students earning their credits on the same day.  The most difficult model to manage (at scale) is the self-paced model, with credits being earn with no predictable pattern.  Which is why the schools that do this are either small schools, alternative schools, or small alternative schools.

It would seem to me that the credit by minute served model fall somewhere between the two.  In the grand scheme of things, as long as the state doesn’t greatly diminish or increase the minutes required from around 7,800, this is probably a non-issue.  Just another political “reform” that gives the illusion of action without actually accomplishing anything of significance other than extra paperwork.

On the other hand, High School Principals, if I’m missing something please enlighten me.

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 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Timer (Fundamental 5 Delivery Tool); PowerWalks CLC (Networked Formative Observation Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Multiple Presentations); American Association of School Administrators Conference; National Association of Secondary School Principals Conference (Multiple Presentations) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top Tweets From the Week of June 9, 2013

A number of you in the LYS Nation are now Twitter users.  If you haven’t done so yet, we want you to join us.  To let you see what you are missing, here are the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of June 9, 2013.

1. Cut funding, increase testing standards, cut instructional days, increase class size... Scores don't go up. Then blame kids and teachers? Really? (By @LYSNation)

2. Trimester: It’s better for the fragile student, advanced student, CATE student, fine arts student and athlete. So when is your campus switching? (By @LYSNation)

3. Amazing! No matter how many times I've attended a Lead Your School workshop I walk away with something that can enhance my school. (By @principalschu)

4. From the mouth of a LYSer: We found that when teachers teach the right thing and kids have time to do the work, scores go up. (By @LYSNation)

5. "If we are not coaching our people, no one else is." I intend to coach! (By @jbsteadham)

6. We must control the spin on our own schools, systems and profession! Too many people weigh-in on us as if they know our work! (By @Principal_EL)

7. The more tied you are to a specific district or geographic location, the more you inject time and luck into your career advancement equation. (By @LYSNation)

8. Whiners whine because it works...it stops when it doesn't work. (By @Bstamm00)

9. Since the Texas has decided that biology is more important than chemistry, does that mean it is now OK to teach evolution and contraception? (By @LYSNation)

10. How will we know if students are truly enjoying their summer if we don't assess them on it? (By @sjunkins)

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
• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “Look at Me: A Cautionary School Leadership Tale” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/lookatmebook 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool) 
• Upcoming Presentations: The Fundamental 5 National Summit (Multiple Presentations)
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

My Former Coach Writes... Master Schedule Options - Part 1

In response to the 4/16/2013 post, “Master Schedule Options,” one of my former high school coaches and current sitting superintendent, Hal Roberts, writes:

SC,

I was just reading your post on schedules. Things that E. Don Brown did not mention…

It is more expensive than traditional schedule.

Coaches only teach three classes, then have one conference period and one athletic period.

I would not like this schedule for testing purposes. Consider students in algebra (unless tripled blocked) if by chance they did not have algebra in their schedule the 3^rd trimester…or any EOC course for that matter. I would hate to see their results, unless they are very smart.

SC Response

Coach, while I do some extra conditioning work, E. Don is going to tackle the issues that you highlighted.

EDB Response 

I think your last sentence answered the whole question. Most people who attempt the trimester simply change the time they ring the bell and the time grades are given AND THAT IS THEIR CONCEPT OF THE TRIMESTER. Few campuses/districts are willing to initiate the leadership staff workload changes that are necessary to make the schedule "student centric" and not "adult centric."  Those that have, have experienced dramatic student performance success.

A. The comment about the coaches’ schedule is true on the surface. However when you assign coaches different schedules each trimester (coach during their season, teach outside of it) instead of giving them the same schedule each of the three trimesters you would find very little to no difference to the seven period day.

B. Your comment about testing is also true on the surface. However when you use a concept we call WRAP for fragile students you would find incredible test results and those students completing their four core math and science requirements in the junior year. No test for fragile seniors!

C. When you mention an increase expense our budget constraints in Texas schools today, prevent that from happening. However when you reduce student load by 29% and teacher load by 33% you would be amazed at how many students learn and retain more, pass tests at a higher rate, and do not have to repeat courses.  Now we aren’t expending precious student and teacher time remediating, or even worse, double or triple blocking students in a course. It turns out that these load reductions not only change the culture of the school, the improved student learning and thus reduced repetition and remediation quickly creates a reduction and/or leveling of staffing needs. 

The bottom line is you must be smarter and not just change the time you ring the bell.  I will leave you with this final thought.  Trinity and Bell High Schools run the trimester better than anyone.  Here is what they do...

A. Win state championships.

B. Produce more IB Diplomas than any other schools in Texas.

C. Increase overall state test passing rates while their overall SES status is decreasing each year.

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
• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “Look at Me: A Cautionary School Leadership Tale” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/lookatmebook 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
• Upcoming Presentations: Texas Association of Secondary School Principals Conference (Multiple Presentations) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

A Principal Asks... Master Schedule Options

A LYS Principal asks the following:

SC,

So if eight and nine period days are so awful, what does a good schedule look like?

Seven periods?

I am loaded with electives, what do I do with those folks?

My E/LA department believes and have shown through scores that if they are not blocked that they cannot cover state mandated material in just 46 minutes a day. This forces other classes to be larger and just creates more issues to deal with on a daily basis?

I can see having fewer periods, more time on task, and moving from 46 minutes to more than 50 minutes a period. Is this what you are getting at?

I am at a loss and want to assist my campus in being at the top by doing whatever is required. As they say "everything is on the table".

SC Response

Excellent questions that warrant expertise beyond my pay grade. So I referred your post to the best scheduling person I have every met, former “Principal of the World,” E. Don Brown.

EDB Response

You mentioned “block” in your question. Most have a single view of "extended time learning" and many administrators see the "block" as an increase in staffing cost so it is rarely used any more.

In Texas, where I understand your campus is located, due to state course requirements (4X4 and the distinguished diploma) and testing requirements (was TAKS, now STAAR) most principals see either the block, eight period, or nine period schedule as their only options. There are other options and my favorite is the "Trimester". Some may remember it from their college experience.

The Trimester is just as one would predict. Students are scheduled into three, twelve-week sessions, each session consisting of five courses. This allows students to earn 2½ credits each trimester, 7½ credits each year, and 30 credits for the four years of high school. But most importantly, the Trimester gives teachers time to teach and students the opportunity to focus on mastering a manageable course load.

The kicker is that STAAR does not fit perfectly into the Trimester system. But TAKS didn’t fit perfectly into the traditional semester system, as is still the case with the STAAR. This requires individualized accommodations that can and should be made for students, regardless of the schedule you are running. But sadly, most school leaders are not willing to do this extra work for two semesters, so doing it three times a year is out of question. Yet another example of adult convenience trumping student benefit.

Here are some basic facts about the TRIMESTER.

• Students are enrolled in 5 classes each trimester (3 trimesters x 5 classes = 15 classes or 7½ credits per year.
• Teachers teach 4 classes each trimester (3 trimesters x 4 classes = 12 classes or six sections per year.
• Classes are 70 – 80 minutes long (extended learning time periods).

As with any good foundation, there are also several hybrid schedules that can be created from this basic format.

E. Don Brown

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
• Call Jo at (832) 477-LEAD to order your campus set of “Look at Me: A Cautionary School Leadership Tale” Individual copies available on Amazon.com!  http://tinyurl.com/lookatmebook
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
• Upcoming Presentations: Texas Association of Secondary School Principals Conference (Multiple Presentations)
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

A Reader Writes... Increasing Time on Task - Part 3

In response to the 4/11/2012 post, “Increasing Time on Task – The Master Schedule,” a reader writes:

SC

In my school district the middle and high schools are on an 8-period, 50-minute day for 70,800 annual instructional minutes. Just for available time on task, I like our schedule over any of the three you listed.

SC Response

I’m glad you did the math.  It means that you are exploring options. My discussion was based on holding the school day constant.  What it looks like your campus district has done is add 5 minutes to each class, essentially extending the day by 40 minutes.  I could take that 40 minutes and add 8 minutes to each of the five classes in the trimester schedule and the trimester would once again come out on top over your semester based, 8-period day (72,570 instructional minutes to 70,800). 

Plus, the students in a trimester have a manageable class load. Five courses at a time instead of eight.

And I have the flexibility to manage schedules that more accurately reflect both student need the reality of state accountability testing.

Game, set, and match?

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/4ydqd4t
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
• Confirmed 2012 Presentations: TASSP Conference (multiple sessions); Region 10 ESC Fall Leadership Conference (Keynote)

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of April 22, 2012

I’m writing this as Lesa and I return to Texas, after spending a week working in the Boston area.  Since this was our first time in New England (by the way, it is well worth the visit), we took advantage of every bit of down time to sample the history, sites and culture.  Our travel tool of choice? Our I-Phones. 

Using our I-Phones, we researched where to visit, when to visit and how to get there. Our phones guided us everywhere, so we never got lost.  After visiting someplace or seeing something if we wanted to know more about it, we would research the topic on our phones.  When deciding where to eat, our phones pointed us to the highest rated (by customers) restaurants in our immediate area. And when our trip was commencing, we checked in to our flight home on our phone. 

Our smart phones freed up us up from basic organization and knowledge based tasks so we could focus on exploration, analysis and evaluation based learning activities. In short, our bootleg technology not only ramped up the rigor of our adult learning, but also allowed us to extend our time at those higher levels of rigor.  Embrace bootleg technology on your campus and in your classroom and before long similar opportunities will present themselves to teachers and students.  

A number of you in the LYS Nation are now using your own bootleg technology devices to follow Twitter.  If you haven’t done so yet, we want you to join us.  To let you see what you are missing, here are the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of April 22, 2012.

1. Great audience at the NSBA Conference. Many stayed after the presentation to learn more about LYS Campuses!!!

2. School Reform / Improvement can be summarized in one key concept: Adult practice drives student performance.

3. President John Adams’ first job out of college - Public School Teacher

4. Read yesterday that 3% of the voting populace will decide who goes to Austin. (By @cheadhorn)

5. Government investment in education, science and infrastructure has declined as a share of the economy since the 1970s. (By @FareedZakaria)

6. MIT essentially runs a four period trimester with the smartest kids is the world. Why do you still have your weakest students on an 8-period day, semester schedule?

7. To say PowerWalks are useless to education is like saying a tachometer is useless to a car. Both statements show complete misunderstanding. (By @txschoolsupe)

8. Dallas ISD superintendent will make $300,000 per year, manages 12,000 employees, 156,000 students. By comparison, the CEO of Hershey manages 10,000 employees for $3.4 million per year. (By DrJerryRBurkett)

9. MIT students who pass fencing, archery, sailing and pistol earn a degree in Pirate. No joke.

10. MIT is 100% WI-FI accessible. Use of bootleg technology is expected. What is the expectation on your campus?

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/4ydqd4t
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation 
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
• Confirmed 2012 Presentations: TASSP Conference (multiple sessions); Region 10 ESC Fall Leadership Conference (Keynote)

Increasing Time on Task - Part 1: The Master Schedule

The Super Secret Formula for Improving Student Performance is as follows:

1. Teach the Right Thing. If you aren’t doing that, quit reading right now. Because until you get that rectified, everything else you are doing just doesn’t matter.

2. Teach the Right Thing, Better. This is where the Fundamental 5 comes into play.

3. Teach the Right Thing, Better, and Longer. This is where the master and daily schedules come into play.

It is scary how simple the formula is. But what is scarier is the excuses we make for deviating from the formula. The first two parts of the formula are regular topics on the blog but we don’t discuss the third part that often. However, with every school working on next year’s schedule now is the time. Let’s look at the master schedule first.

Most secondary schools are running either an 8-period day (45 minute classes) or a 4-period AB block (90 minute classes). So the question becomes, “How many instructional minutes do these schedules create?”

The answer for the 8-period day and the 4-period AB block is approximately 63,720 minutes (177 instructional days X 8 periods X 45 minutes) or (177 instructional days X 4 periods X 90 minutes). These two schedules also produce 32 credits in a 4-year high school career.

Now, what if you are running a 7-period day (50 minute classes), how many instructional minutes are in that schedule?

The answer, approximately 61,950 minutes (177 instructional days X 7 periods X 50 minutes). This schedule produces 28 credits in a 4-year high school career.

But what about the 5-period trimester (75 minutes classes), how many instructional minutes are in that schedule?

The answer, approximately 66,375 minutes (177 instructional days X 5 periods X 75 minutes). This schedule produces 30 credits in a 4-year high school career.

Thus, once again the trimester wins. Offering 4,425 more instructional minutes than the 7-period day and 2,655 more instructional minutes than the 8-period day in a given year. Or to frame this discussion in a more concrete manner, what could teachers and students accomplish with 12½ more days of instruction (trimester vs. 7-period schedule) or 7½ more days of instruction (trimester vs. 8-period schedule)?

My guess is a lot. Especially if you follow Steps 1 and 2 of Super Secret School Improvement Formula.

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/4ydqd4t
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
• Confirmed 2012 Presentations: NASB Conference; TASSP Conference (multiple sessions); Region 10 ESC Fall Leadership Conference (Keynote)

Top LYS Tweets from the Week of March 25, 2012

More schools are considering the move to e-readers over textbooks. The benefits are many. Less weight, less cost, convenience, just to name a few. But I have been trying to come up with a reason why this shift would not be a good idea. And then it hit me. With an e-book you can’t highlight passages or write notes in the book. But then I realized this is wrong on two fronts. First, you can write notes and highlight passages with many e-readers. Second, we fine and punish students for damaging school property if they mark a single page in a traditional textbook. Oops.

So e-readers are cheaper, lighter and offer a more interactive reading experience (without fear of punishment). And to top it off, due to e-reader apps most of your students have one in their pocket, purse, backpack or locker right now. It’s just that most schools make their students hide them during the day.

A number of you in the LYS Nation are now using your own bootleg technology devices to follow Twitter. If you haven’t done so yet, we want you to join us. To let you see what you are missing, here are the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of March 25, 2012.

1. The "genius" of the Texas Legislature: Make students take a high stakes “End of Course” exam with two months left in the course.

2. The RTI success formula: 1. Teach the right thing (Foundation Trinity) 2. Teach it better (Fundamental 5) 3. Teach it longer (Tri-mester)

3. The GT success formula: 1. Teach the right thing (Foundation Trinity) 2. Teach it better (Fundamental 5) 3. Teach it at depth (Tri-mester)

4. North Forest ISD will not have to close and merge with Houston ISD. Education commissioner changes mind and grants reprieve. (By @e_mellon)

5. NFISD remaining open is bad news for kids but great news for incompetent education leaders across the state.

6. If North Forest ISD gets to survive there is no meaningful consequences in Chapter 39 of the Texas Education Code. It’s over. (By @txschoolsupe)

7. We all agree that the quality of educators varies. So why do we fight to maintain a system that allows a poor teacher to decide what is taught?

8. A college student costs the state $8,667 per year; a prisoner costs it $45,006 a year. (By @FareedZakaria)

9. Our choice in the voting booth is pro-public education or anti-public education. The choice is that clear.

10. I am a public school guy.

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/4ydqd4t
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation
• Now at the Apple App Store: Fun 5 Plans (Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan Tool); PW Lite (Basic PowerWalks Tool); PW Pro (Mid-level PowerWalks Tool)
• Confirmed 2012 Presentations: NASB Conference; TASSP Conference (multiple sessions); Region 10 ESC Fall Leadership Conference (Keynote)

LYS Principals Write... So What is Your Scheduling Alternative - Part 1

In response to the 11/29/11 post, “So What is Your Scheduling Alternative,” LYS Principals are asking:

SC,

I would like to know more about the trimester schedule.

And

Where can I find more information on scheduling?

SC Response

Here are some critical facts you should know about trimesters and other schedules.

1. The eight period and nine period days only work on paper. It is a nightmare for students, teachers and instruction. For students, they have to keep up with content, homework and studying in eight to nine courses each day. Honestly, I can count on one hand the number of adults I know who can do nine things a day with both competence and high quality (I’m not one of them). Why would I expect a teenager to do better? For teachers, they face multiple preps, an endless series of starts and stops, and the unrelenting pressure of having to cram too much content into not enough time. But at least our politicians have increased class sizes and reduced support in order to make this task more manageable. As for instruction, I’ve yet to meet an educator that doesn’t understand that increasing time on task is critical to academic success. Yet in a nine period day, students spend 40 to 50 minutes a day just walking from class to class. Here’s my idea, instead of taking PE, just count the passing periods as a PE class. Now you have a ten period day. I don’t want to brag, but this may be my best idea ever.

2. With the trimester, students take five, 75-minute classes a day for twelve weeks. Now students have a manageable course load. And teachers only have four courses a day to prepare for and they actually have time to teach the content. So what could be the downside?

3. Here are the downsides. First, not a lot of schools run the trimester, so your school will be different. Therefore, if being part of the herd is part of your district’s culture, then don’t do this. Second, the adults who manage the schedule will have to burn the midnight oil three times a year instead of two times a year. Obviously, a completely unreasonable expectation... Oh yeah, the trimester is better for teachers and students.

4. Notice that I didn’t mention state tests. A lot of trimester detractors claim that the trimester doesn’t line up with state testing calendars. Interestingly, neither does the traditional semester calendar. But if believe that being exposed to all of the content prior to the test (trimester) is worse than not being exposed to all of the material before the test (semester), then keep doing what you have always done.

If anyone wants additional scheduling information or support, just call Jo (number below), she can set you up with a meeting with Former Principal of the World and Expert Scheduler, E. Don Brown.

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/4ydqd4t
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation
• Get the Fundamental 5 Lesson Plan App at the App Store – Fun 5 Plans
• Confirmed 2012 Presentations: Oklahoma Association of Elementary School Principal’s Mid-Winter Conference; Region 16 ESC Leadership Academy (Keynote Address); NASSP Conference; NASB Conference