Top LYS Tweets From the Week of January 15, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of January 15, 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. It is morally wrong for Texas Legislature members to justify school choice vouchers as aid to the poor. You cannot assuage your conscience with a lie. (By @pastors4txkids)

2. We respectfully ask Texas Legislature members to quit deceiving themselves and Texans about vouchers going to the poor. It is a lie. It needs to stop. (By @pastors4txkids)

3. Sometimes you have to pick a side. Something you stand for and for which you are willing to fight. (By @Snowmanlearning)

4. COACHING is small, focused, quiet conversations delivered eyeball to eyeball. (By @LYSNation)

5. Leadership conversations are: 1. Forward-facing. What opportunities do we have? 2. Action oriented. What's next? (By @Leadershipfreak)

6. The best schools don't focus all their energy on intervention programs; instead, they focus on strong Tier 1 instruction and learning. (By @justintarte)

7. Instructional leaders: Your staff will never meet its potential if you do not engage in the coaching process. (By @LYSNation)

8. As we have said many times, God doesn't need Caesar's help. That's what religious liberty is all about. And why vouchers violate it. (By @pastors4txkids)

9. "School choice" affects .5 million kids. The Texas Legislature’s finance fix affects 5.5 million kids. Which is greatest good for greatest number of children? (By @pastors4txkids)

10. I'm not "anti-trump", I'm just anti-bullying and pro-respect. (By @Collin_McHugh)

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

LYS Top Tweets From the Week of January 8, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of January 8, 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.     Choose realistic optimism or get out of leadership. What's the point if you don't believe things can be made better. (By @Leadershipfreak)

2.     The only "school choice" that honors God and our children is choosing our poorest kids' schools and giving them everything they need to succeed. (By @pastors4txkids)

3.     Deliver this message to your Texas Legislature member: Public education for all children is a bedrock conservative Texas value. (By @pastors4txkids)

4.     The madness has to stop. A-F is not about kids; it a political power play to support vouchers. (By @lizfelton28)

5.     Among the most powerful tools that teachers possess are the words they choose to use. ~Fundamental 5 (By @MHSPioneer_JSP)

6.     Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company. (By @dw_dwr)

7.     Discipline to me is sacrifice; it's willingness to give up something you want to do, so you can better yourself. – Bobby Bowden (By @CoachMotto)

8.     The primary reason people struggle with giving and receiving feedback is not a lack of proficiency but of frequency. (By @josephgrenny)

9.     "The single greatest determinate of learning is instruction!" ~Fundamental 5 (By @MHSPioneer_JSP)

10.  The preliminary A-F school ratings already stigmatize classrooms in poor and heavily minority areas. (By @RYHTexas)

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 January 1, 2017

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS Tweets from the week of January 1, 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. School choice is not about failing schools based on one state mandated test - it is about state funded segregation.  Fund public schools. (By @mwhiteker)

2. Dietz historical lesson: You don't know where the best and brightest will come from so you need to educate everyone. (By @mishshel)

3. School vouchers will have a negative effect on Texas public education. (By @JWalshtxlawdawg) 

4. "Only hire people better than you."  Easy enough. (By @kimjbaker)

5. Public Schools are for the Public Good - Make Education a Priority. (By @BobbyJRigues) 

6. When you include the “because” why something is happening, it increases cooperation from 60 to 94 percent! (By @tgrierhisd)

7. Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent. –Bill Walsh (By @CoachMotto)

8. Atypical and unorthodox should be words to strive for, not negative terms. Be great. Be ambitious. Be different. (By @_flight17_)

9. It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through. -Zig Ziglar (By @pauljsohn)

10. Today I would like each of us to reflect on his and her own past and the gifts received from the Lord. (By @Pontifex)

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