Top LYS Tweets From the Week of November 13, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of November 13, 2016 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. Congratulations to LYSer, Brandy Corbin! She is the new principal for Fairdale High School (JCPS)!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

2. "You can't grow teachers if you only see them once or twice a year." (By @smithdianemarie)

3. Every successful person begins with two beliefs: The future can be better than the present and I have the power to make it so. (By @melrobbins)

4. Schools don't innovate. People innovate. For your school to change, you have to change. (By @danielmccabe)

5. Stop talking. Start doing. (By @melrobbins)

6. Meet at least 2 times a month - for at least 15 minutes - with every direct report. Let them set the agenda. (By @Leadershipfreak)

7. Refusing to act because someone's feelings might get hurt means feelings run your organization. (By @Leadershipfreak)

8. Assuming you’re ignorant helps solve your ignorance. (By @Leadershipfreak)

9. Texans are fed up by Texas political leaders pushing for private school vouchers when they have ZERO authority over private schools. (By @pastors4txkids)

10. How are you going change the arc of the life of your students?  (By @jbriannorton)

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 Aspiring Principal Workshop (Multiple Presentations), Learning for a Change Spring Summit (Keynote and Multiple Presentations) 
• 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 October 30, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of October 30, 2016 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. Congratulations to LYSer, Brad Weston! He is the new Assistant Superintendent in Jefferson County Public Schools!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

2. The best human systems are often the simplest and least sophisticated ones. (By @DrKing_BBJH)

3. 'Standard Practice' becomes ‘Malpractice' when research demonstrates there is a better way to conduct our business. (By @sherrington2)

4. All the decisions that benefit adults over students (which are most of them) generally make the job of leading schools more difficult. (By @LYSNation)

5. We oppose the privatization of our public schools, and the government intrusion of our private schools. School Choice Vouchers mean both. (By @pastors4txkids)

6. Direct, personal feedback really is the simplest and most effective form of motivation. (By @DrKing_BBJH)

7. The quality of any school system cannot exceed the quality of people within it. -Barber & Mourshed, 2007 (By @sherrington2)

8. "Dialogue NOT monologue..." ...and that requires a lot of planning. (By @tlonganecker)

9. Teach teachers to teach like they have never taught before. (By @tra_hall)

10. "Everything you want of significance is right outside of your comfort zone." (By @CoxHerb)

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 Aspiring Principal Workshop (Multiple Presentations), Learning for a Change Spring Summit (Keynote and Multiple Presentations) 
• 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

The TASSP / LYS Leadership Academy - Don't Miss Your Last Chance to Attend

On this coming Sunday and Monday, the TASSP / LYS Leadership Academy is in Frisco, Texas.  Late registration is still available. Join over 100 education leaders from across the state as we tackle real world leadership issues with real world experience and solutions. Last week's Academy was amazing, don't miss your last chance to participate this year. See you there!

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: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

See You at the TASSP / LYS Leadership Academy

This coming Sunday and Monday in the TASSP / LYS Leadership Academy in San Antonio, Texas.  Late registration is still available.  Or you can join us the following Sunday and Monday in Frisco, Texas.  See you there!

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: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

The TASSP / LYS Leadership Academy

The Event So Nice – We’re Doing It Twice!

That’s right, on September 18th and 19th, we’ll be in San Antonio. On September 25th and 26th, we’ll be in Frisco.  Sign up now to get the discounted registration and housing rates. Below is the roster of speakers and topics. See you there!

E. Don Brown

Texas Principal for 30+ years.

Past President of TASSP and NASSP

An Early Pioneer of IB and PLC’s

An Architect of Breaking Ranks

Principal Emeritus for NASSP and Lead Your School

A Mentor to 100’s of schools leaders across the country

o   The Leader as Communicator: A schools leader’s most powerful lever is communication. One of the most influential principals in the past 50 years shares the what, when, how and where’s of the leadership communication and the powerful effect it has on school success.

Sherilynn Cotten

Texas Secondary School Principal (ret)

Early adopter of PLC’s and IB

Recognized school improvement expert

An original LYS Coach

o   Run the Play: The success of your school boils down to your answer to the question, “How confident am I that what is being taught today is what is supposed to be taught to day?” Learn about the understandings, actions, and process that must be in place on your campus to ensure that the right thing is being taught at the right time in every classroom on your campus.

Dr. Darin Jolly

Active Texas Superintendent

A pioneer and leader in the use of Social Media for professional growth.

o   The Leader as Evaluator: The effective formative and summative evaluation of staff is an invaluable tool for every school leader. Yet it is a tool that too many in our profession wield ineffectively. Dr. Darin Jolly will highlight the connection between coaching (formative practice) and evaluating (summative practice) and how the improved use of both transforms school leadership into legacy building.

Fletcher Turcato

Active Wyoming Superintendent           

A Texas secondary school administrator

District is experiencing unprecedented improvements in student performance and graduation rates

o   The Power of Focus: In three years, the second poorest school district in Wyoming has dramatically increased performance for all students and has experienced an unprecedented gain in graduation rates.  Join the Maverick Superintendent of Wyoming, Fletcher Turcato, as he shares how his team harnesses the Power of Focus to improve opportunity and outcomes for each student who walks through their school doors.

Sean Cain

Former State Director of Innovative School Redesign (Texas)

Best-selling education author

Nationally recognized school improvement expert

Chief Idea Officer – Lead Your School

o   Bridging the Gaps: An interactive, planning presentation that walks the participant thru the process of bridging the gaps between knowing and doing, and doing and understanding that prevent schools and educators from meeting their true potential.  At the end of the presentation participants will have created an actionable plan for rapidly increasing staff capacity and school success.

o   The Structure for Success: An interactive presentation that provides participants with an overview of critical tools and processes that schools must have in place in order to leverage brain power and maximize staff success and student performance, at scale. 

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: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of August 28, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of August 28, 2016 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. Congratulations to LYSer, Dr. Bake Baron! He is the new Superintendent in Runge ISD!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

2. No budget for "making"??? How about using critical writing as the made product? Let the brain push the pencil. (By @drjolly)

3. Adult practice drives student performance. (By @DrMetz_MHS)

4. When a student makes a poor choice (which we all do), it's the conversation, not the consequence, which makes all the difference. (By @justintarte)

5. If you aren't doing what works for your students, you're wasting your time and theirs. (By @vhsaldana)

6. I've never met an effective leader who dwells on their past ~ their thoughts and conversation are always moving forward. (By @SteveGutzler)

7. I just saw a unicorn. The credit recovery teacher was circulating thru the classroom, monitoring student progress and providing support!!! (By @LYSNation)

8. Texas Senate Education Committee members, if you don't believe in education for all Texas students paid for by the public, then have the honesty to resign. (By @pastors4txkids)

9. Texas State Senator Don Huffines, @DonHuffines, vows to push for an education savings account program, which hurts Texas public schools. (By @pastors4txkids)

10. Some things take time. Stay patient and stay positive, things will get better. (By @WiseWilbert)

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: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of July 24, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of July 24, 2016 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. Congratulations to LYSer, Chris Granger! He is the new principal at Sanger HS!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

2. Congratulations to LYSer, Tom Giles! He is the new Principal at Pewitt Junior High School!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

3. Congratulations to LYSer, Jamey Johnson! She is the new Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction in Brenham ISD!! Who'll be next? (By @LYSNation)

4. I have a huge problem with private school educated multi-millionaires demonizing public educators and getting standing ovations. (By @LYSNation)

5. I have reached the firm conclusion that if you are a school leader and you don't attend training with your staff, you're not as good as you believe. (By @LYSNation)

6. What's the best thing to give struggling readers when they've finished a book? Another book. Not a test. Not a slice of pizza. (By @KyleneBeers)

7. "Everything we write is a potential learning experience.  Writing is a systematic process for learning essential meanings." (By @Mr_DTRutan)

8. Success favors a prepared mind! (By @EdieMartin)

9. If your coach is being tough and demanding of you, consider it a gift. They probably see some things in you that you don't see in yourself. (By @CoachMotto)

10. The public strongly oppose cutting education, yet education funding down 17.3% since 2011. (By @LLMcNabb)

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: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of July 17, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of July 17, 2016 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. Congratulations to LYSer, Donnie Bartlett! He is the new Principal of Timber Creek High School!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

2. A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. (By @AmazingiGrace)

3. Fight against something and we focus on the thing we hate. Fight for something and we focus on the thing we love. -Simon Sinek (By @fritzmt)

4. We just completed a Fundamental 5 book study with my staff. It’s going to change my school! (By @mrThamilton)

5. Think about the pedagogy of deep learning, and then think about Oscar Wilde's observation that "nothing worth knowing can be taught." (By @MichaelFullan)

6. If you think teachers take weekends and summers off, then you must not know any teachers. (By @NicholasFerroni)

7. “Good teachers are pointed, passionate, and particular about what they do.” (By @DrRichAllen)

8. Sometimes it’s easier to criticize than praise. But it’s praise that fuels an organizations progress. –Bill Parcells (By @CoachMotto)

9. You are who you hire. (By @TroyMooney)

10. Keeping away from an ignorant person is equivalent to keeping company with a wise person.  -Abi Ben Ali-Taleb (By @harvinmoore)

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: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 2016 Texas Charter School Conference (Multiple Presentations); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of July 3, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of July 3, 2016 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. Congratulations to LYSer, Chane Rascoe! He is the new Superintendent in Lampasas ISD!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

2. Congratulations to LYSer, Dr. Jerry Gibson! He is the new Superintendent in Marshall ISD!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

3. Congratulations to LYSer, Dr. Maria Casas! She is the new Superintendent in Brooks County ISD!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

4. Congratulations to LYSer, Dr. Marc Puig! He is the new Superintendent in Beeville ISD!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

5. Congratulations to LYSer, Dr. Sylvester Perez! He is the new Superintendent in Edgewood ISD!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

6. Our job is to coach our Teachers to teach better than we taught! (By @robert_l_butler)

7. The way we speak to kids becomes how they speak to others as well as how they think about themselves. (By @justintarte)

8. When all things are equal, adult practice drives student performance. (By @GarrettRachelE)

9. Equality means giving everyone a shoe. Equity means giving everyone a shoe that fits. (By @Snowmanlearning)

10. In all our endeavors we can be anything we want to be. Let's BE kind to one another. (By @clwilkens)

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: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook

Top LYS Tweets From the Week of June 19, 2016

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of June 19, 2016 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. Congratulations to LYSer, Dr. Darin Jolly! He is the new Superintendent in North Hopkins ISD!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

2. Congratulations to LYSer, Dr. Cazilda Steele! She is the new Executive Director of Secondary Curriculum & Instruction in Katy ISD!! Who will be next? (By @LYSNation)

3. If you want to achieve something badly enough, no one can stop you. If you don't want to do something, no one can force you. (By @vhsaldana)

4. People are drawn to black and white opinions because they are simple, not because they are true. Truth demands serious effort and thought. (By @LeadershipCures)

5. We cannot create time...we must prioritize, sacrifice and give up some things! (By @CoachJimBoone)

6. When we feel mentally torn between two ideas or two courses of action, we become more cognitively flexible. Conflict produces creativity! (By @anniemurphypaul)

7. It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done so quickly, more people would do it. – John Wooden (By @SportsMotto)

8. “It's not merely OK to make learning exciting, it's essential - the brain doesn’t pay attention to boring things.” (By @DrRichAllen)

9. Researchers at the University of Sussex found that just six minutes of reading per day can reduce stress levels by 68%. (By @tgrierhisd)

10. Uncommitted people gravitate toward other uncommitted people because they love to remind each other why it's everyone else's fault. (By @RobertShipley2)

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: LYS / TASSP Advanced Leadership Academy (Keynote); The 4^th Annual Fundamental 5 National Summit (Keynote) 
• Follow Sean Cain and LYS on www.Twitter.com/LYSNation  and like Lead Your School on Facebook