“What lies behind us, and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
“For our students, it’s not about the survival of the fittest but making them fit to survive!” -Dr. Garrick Ratliff The beginning of every fall millions of students begin their college career. Students, freshmen, are stepping out on their own for the first time, living life without the help of parents and the responsibility of […]
Read More Transition to Life Not College and Career“The future is always all around us, waiting, in moments of transitions, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain.” J. Michael Straczynski The introduction of the No Child Left Behind Act […]
Read More Transition Readiness not College and Career ReadinessTeenage stress and anxiety are higher than any prior generation but there is a way for this generation to change that.
Read More Worry, Stress, Anxiety, and Fear in Generation ZDuring a stay-at-home pandemic, time is a gift, so how are you taking advantage of this time? Are you doing things to self improve?
Read More Continuous Improvement During a PandemicPlus/delta tool. For schools, teachers, students and teams to be successful, continuous improvement is necessary. However, far too often schools fail to achieve the benefits of change because they don’t know what to change or where to start. The Plus/Delta assessment and feedback tool is quick and effective for both individuals and groups. This brainstorm-type format […]
Read More Continuous Improvement Model for Schools: Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) (Cont.)The Plan-Do-Study-Act procedure. Recognize an opportunity and plan a change. Do. Test the change. Carry out a small-scale study. Study. Review the test, analyze the results and identify what you’ve learned. Act. Take action based on what you learned in the study step: If the change did not work, go through the cycle again with […]
Read More Continuous Improvement Model for Schools: Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) (Cont.)Plan, Do, Study, Act; continuous improvement. PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) refers to a four-step improvement cycle for organizing and managing change and continuous improvement. This cycle was developed by Dr. Walter Shewhart in the 1920s and put into business practice in Japan and the United States by W. Edwards Deming. (Embedded in the PDSA […]
Read More Continuous Improvement Model for Schools: Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA)“Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.” – Robert Greene The creation and adoption of the new Common Core Standards has phases such as, “All children can learn,” and “Students should be able to demonstrate competent levels of achievement.” Discussing the new Common Core Standards with […]
Read More Mastery learning in the classroom.The adoption of the Common Core Standards has given schools a structured curriculum to teach and since each student must master those standards at each grade level. Mastery Learning is needed now more than ever.
Read More Mastery Learning, Now More Than Ever.Improvement efforts are sustained and the school demonstrates progress in improving student performance and school effectiveness.
Read More Commitment to Continuous Improvement.Knowledge transfer engineering
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