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Chronic Misbehavior

I was recently on a campus where I observed the following;   A chronic and wide-spread tardy problem.   Chronic and wide-spread unpreparedness for class. Simply showing up with assigned readings not being completed, notebooks forgotten, and nothing to write with or on.   Wide-spread personal use of cell-phones for entertainment purposes during lectures and…

Balance

A young campus administrator asked me, “How do you find balance in your life? Balance between career, family, relaxation, etc.?”   This is a good question with a harsh answer.   I replied, “Before I answer, I need to know if you want to be great at something?”   He said,“Yes, I want to be…

Your Attendance Goal for the Upcoming School Year

As we prepare for the upcoming school year, nearly every campus will have a student attendance goal. Which will mean nothing. The brutal truth is that student attendance is not an issue at the vast majority of schools. My theory on student attendance goals is that we have them so we are assured of having…

Does Your Campus Have a Staff Induction Program

It always amazes me how often campus operations and practices are left to chance. We hire staff and then hope that through luck and osmosis the new hires will know what to do.  There is a better way.  Implement a new hire induction program.   Why?   Because an induction program ensure that new hires…

A Reader Writes… School Performance – The Big Picture, Part 3

After reading the 6/12/18 post, “School Performance – The Big Picture, Part 1” and the 6/13/18 post, “School Performance – The Big Picture, Part 2,” an old school LYSer shares the following.   It’s still perplexing to me that people think that it’s “other factors” outside of the day-to-day on-campus leadership that makes the difference in…

Top LYS Tweets – May 14, 2018

If you are not following @LYSNation on Twitter, then you missed the Top 10 LYS tweets from the past week 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.   There is a simple logic to rating schools A-F. Meaning,…

Increasing Success Vs. Reducing Failure

If you are trying to improve performance, what should you focus on? Increasing success? Or, reducing failure?   It really depends on where you are, either personally (as a teacher) or organizationally (as a leader).   If your success rate is relatively low, less than 92%, then focus on increasing success. Let’s face it, an…
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