SCENE FIVE JUDGE Plaintiff Lawyer, please call your next witness. PLAINTIFF LAWYER Yes your Honor we call Parent Pat to the stand. (Parent Pat takes the stand and is sworn in) PLAINTIFF … [Read more...]
The Power Variable in Shared Decision-Making
SCENE THREE PLAINTIFF (CALLS TEACHER TERRY TO THE STAND) PLAINTIFF’S LAWYER Teacher Terry, I understand that you have been a member of your school’s shared decision team from its … [Read more...]
The Defense of Principal Lawrence Lipservice
SCENE TWO PRINCIPAL LAWRENCE LIPSERVICE’S LAWYER’S RESPONSE DEFENDANT LAWYER (rises) Thank you your Honor. (Faces jurors) Your Honor, members of the jury--I can save my rhetoric for closing … [Read more...]
Stakeholders versus Principal Lawrence Lipservice
Walking the Talk When Using High Involvement Principles in Shared Planning and Decision Making SETTING: COURTROOM: THE AUDIENCE IS FILLED WITH A SCHOOL BUILDING’S STAKEHOLDERS, i.e. TEACHERS, … [Read more...]
Negative School Climate: Looking Out the Window versus Looking in the Mirror
School leaders and practitioners read and hear much about the importance of a positive school climate and culture, and how it is a critical element in school effectiveness and success. Too often, the … [Read more...]
Are your students college and career ready?
As the world we live in continues to gain a wider global perspective, educators need to better prepare their students to be college and career ready so that they can excel in a global economy. But in … [Read more...]
Peer Mediation: Students Helping Students
School-based peer mediation is one of the most popular and effective approaches to integrating the practice of conflict resolution into schools. From the start of the modern “conflict resolution in … [Read more...]
Mentally Strong People: 13 Things They Avoid
I reflected on the principalship as I read Cheryl Conner’s article, “Mentally Strong People: 13 Things They Avoid”. The standards movement and accountability have changed the landscape for public … [Read more...]
Dads Making A Difference
Collins Middle School in the Oak Hill area Fayette County, West Virginia is reaching out to Dads through the WATCH D.O.G.S program! WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) is the father involvement … [Read more...]
Tackling the Accountability Question
Anyone who enjoys football like I do and is a DC native has most likely noticed that the Washington Redskins are leaving something to be desired this football season (I believe that something desired … [Read more...]