Adults
Featuring the adults (parents, teachers, and mentors) in the lives of students
Parents matter! Parents appreciate timely contact. Parents are almost always open to ideas to help their kids. Here are four things to accomplish during a parent contact that cut through teacher fear
[...]We have 35+ adults that come to our building each week to mentor students. We partner with Lutheran Social Services in recruiting, training, and managing the paperwork of this process. These adults
[...]The student is called to our conference room. He enters the room and there is a slight hesitation as he sees four teachers and myself sitting at a conference table with an empty chair at one end
[...]There is one book that I keep going back to when working with teams. It keeps me grounded and focused. It’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. This book has been pivotal
[...]There they are. A group of freshmen staring into the open prairie of summer but from deep inside fourth quarter. The sound of an adult voice is as interesting and informative as a cricket. In order
[...]They should say “No”. I’m never surprised by the “No”. I am honored and excited by the potential of the “Yes”. The process I’m talking about is finding
[...]Disclaimer: This program is under construction. Implementation may cause sudden and significant changes. Buckle your seatbelts. If a freshman has straight A’s, he or she is on the right
[...]I just attended a vocabulary workshop. We discussed different ways to decode, encode, and reload a vocabulary word. What if we did that with students? Would it be too telling, too critical, too
[...]The team was dragging. They were irritated at each other and at students. Nothing grievous, but that low-level irritation that just doesn’t sit right. As a Freshman Academy we put together five
[...]Our principal greeted a student in the hallway who looked a little confused. He asked her where she was going. She replied that she was going to a conference room to meet with her teachers. She was
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