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A reader asks,
“Fundamental 5? Unfortunately I missed that workshop and am out of the loop. Sounds great and I hope to get caught up.”
SC Response
The Fundamental Five are the five practices of effective instruction that set up every other effective practice that teachers know to do. Just like in sports (blocking and tackling; boxing out and making free throws; hitting the cut-off man and laying down the bunt), if teachers and schools are not experts in the fundamentals, their chance to be truly great is diminished.
Besides the on-going training that Lead Your School does in districts, Dr. Mike Laird and I will be presenting the Fundamental Five at the National Association of Secondary School Principals conference in March.
Those of you that have been trained know the power of the Fundamental Five, those who haven’t will have to wait another week because right now there is a Poster Contest that is in full swing.
A number of schools have already submitted their Fundamental Five poster, if you or your school has yet to do so, you still have time. Here are the contest rules once again:
Send me a copy of your Fundamental 5 poster by September 18th, 2009. The winning school will have their poster displayed on the blog and have pizzas delivered for the staff.
1. E-mail an electronic version of your Fundamental Five poster to the blog (if you don't have a poster yet, make one).
2. Deadline for entries, September 18, 2009.
3. Submissions become the property of Lead Your School.
4. Prize – Pizza lunch for staff
5. Winner announced by September 25, 2009
Think. Work. Achieve.
Your turn...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
A Reader's Comment and a Contest
A reader's comment:
“Sean, I wanted to let you know we are using the Fundamental 5 at our campus this year. Our curriculum coaches and Instructional Specialist were so impressed with your presentation at the conference that they got the ball rolling before we even got back to school, including the Fundamental 5 in the long range planning they did with our grade level teams this summer. Attached is the poster used in each classroom.
The issues you cover in the blog always make me think. Thanks for your dedication to kids and teachers.”
SC Response
Thank you for the kind comments. I’m going to address your points in reverse order.
First, I love my job for any number of reasons, but one of the big ones is that I get to pay forward the incredible gift that my teachers and principals gave to me. I wasn’t the easiest student to deal with, easily spending as much time in the office as I did in class (I’m lucky there were no DAEP’s then). But each year at least one teacher found a way to ignore my considerable faults and keep me somewhat on track. By the time I got to high school, if it was not for one of my coaches and my principal, I would have dropped out numerous times. Schools and teachers change futures. We see proof of this everyday. I am driven to ensure that this occurs less by luck and more by design.
Second, the issues that I cover in the blog are the issues of the LYS Nation. I ceded control of the topics a couple of months ago. Now, I write about what we are discussing in the field and follow up to comments. Which is what I envisioned. I recognized that I was having conversations that no one else was having, solely due to the fact that I was mobile, a luxury not afforded to those on a campus. So the blog is the tool for expanding the conversation. As the conversation expands, not only does it get more interesting, but learning curves are accelerated, especially mine.
Third, I’m glad that you and your staff are as excited as we are about the Fundamental 5. When theory, data and practice align to maximize effort and performance, it makes going to work fun.
Fourth, the poster is awesome! There is another campus that also has made posters which leads me to believe that there may be other ones out there. So here is the contest, send me a copy of your Fundamental 5 poster by September 18th, 2009. The winning school will have their poster displayed on the blog and have pizzas delivered for the staff. So for rest of the LYS Nation, get to work, two schools have already entered their submissions.
Contest Rules:
1. E-mail an electronic version of your Fundamental Five poster to the blog (if you don't have a poster yet, make one).
2. Deadline for entries, September 18, 2009.
3. Submissions become the property of Lead Your School.
4. Prize – Pizza lunch for staff
5. Winner announced by September 25, 2009
Think. Work. Achieve.
Your turn...
“Sean, I wanted to let you know we are using the Fundamental 5 at our campus this year. Our curriculum coaches and Instructional Specialist were so impressed with your presentation at the conference that they got the ball rolling before we even got back to school, including the Fundamental 5 in the long range planning they did with our grade level teams this summer. Attached is the poster used in each classroom.
The issues you cover in the blog always make me think. Thanks for your dedication to kids and teachers.”
SC Response
Thank you for the kind comments. I’m going to address your points in reverse order.
First, I love my job for any number of reasons, but one of the big ones is that I get to pay forward the incredible gift that my teachers and principals gave to me. I wasn’t the easiest student to deal with, easily spending as much time in the office as I did in class (I’m lucky there were no DAEP’s then). But each year at least one teacher found a way to ignore my considerable faults and keep me somewhat on track. By the time I got to high school, if it was not for one of my coaches and my principal, I would have dropped out numerous times. Schools and teachers change futures. We see proof of this everyday. I am driven to ensure that this occurs less by luck and more by design.
Second, the issues that I cover in the blog are the issues of the LYS Nation. I ceded control of the topics a couple of months ago. Now, I write about what we are discussing in the field and follow up to comments. Which is what I envisioned. I recognized that I was having conversations that no one else was having, solely due to the fact that I was mobile, a luxury not afforded to those on a campus. So the blog is the tool for expanding the conversation. As the conversation expands, not only does it get more interesting, but learning curves are accelerated, especially mine.
Third, I’m glad that you and your staff are as excited as we are about the Fundamental 5. When theory, data and practice align to maximize effort and performance, it makes going to work fun.
Fourth, the poster is awesome! There is another campus that also has made posters which leads me to believe that there may be other ones out there. So here is the contest, send me a copy of your Fundamental 5 poster by September 18th, 2009. The winning school will have their poster displayed on the blog and have pizzas delivered for the staff. So for rest of the LYS Nation, get to work, two schools have already entered their submissions.
Contest Rules:
1. E-mail an electronic version of your Fundamental Five poster to the blog (if you don't have a poster yet, make one).
2. Deadline for entries, September 18, 2009.
3. Submissions become the property of Lead Your School.
4. Prize – Pizza lunch for staff
5. Winner announced by September 25, 2009
Think. Work. Achieve.
Your turn...
Sunday, May 31, 2009
A Sunday Grab Bag
Today's post is the equivalent of the weekly campus memo.1. Announcing the first Lead Your School contest. The Lead Your School can koozies and cup insulators have arrived. I'll be handing them out during the summer speaking tour, but Lead Your School e-mail subscribers, you can get one before anyone else. Here's the contest: The first 25 e-mail subscribers that send me a mailing address, I'll ship you (for free) your choice of a can koozie or a cup insulator. Just respond by way of a comment (it won't be published) and let me know which one you want. If you are not yet an e-mail subscriber, what are you waiting for?
2. On Sundays, I generally post some piece of advice that I have received over the years. Some of it great, some of it bad, some of it strange. The qualifier being that I have remembered it for some reason or another. Now it is your turn. Send me a piece (or pieces) of advice that you have received that has resonated with you and the reason why. If I use it, I'll send you a koozie.
3. I want to send a shout out to the Concordia University M.Ed. classes that are auditing the LYS Blog. Welcome to School Leadership - Unvarnished. Now, quit observing from the sidelines and join our conversation.
4. Some Self Promotion. This June I am speaking at a number of conferences in Texas.
- On June 10th and 12th, I have multiple presentations at the Rigor, Relevance and Relationship Conference - Hosted by Cypress Fairbanks ISD.
- On June 11th, I present twice at the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals Summer Conference.
- On June 13th, I co-present at the Texas Association of School Boards North Texas Conference with Dr. Price and Dr. Laird (Splendora ISD).
- On June 20th, I co-present at the Texas Association of School Boards South Texas Conference with Dr. Price and Dr. Laird (Splendora ISD).
If you are attending any of these conferences, stop by and say hello.
Think. Work. Achieve.
Your turn...
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