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Prepare, Practice, Plan Data is the backbone to any strong action plan. Are you making the right decisions using the right information? Use these tips to begin critically thinking about how you [...]

The progress being made by our partners in the Student Life Department at the University of Missouri (Mizzou) is energizing. We recently captured some thoughts from Student Life’s Business [...]

Short-Cycle Planning Planning is a great way to continuously review and reflect on our progress, or do what we call short-cycle planning. Here’s the point to remember: every day counts, and [...]

As leaders, we are always striving to improve processes and relationships to drive greater results. At Oconomowoc Area School District (OASD) in Wisconsin, leaders are doing just that through [...]

Connecting Back to Purpose: As you move from gathering data to reflection and using that data, the most important next step is to connect back to purpose. Teachers want to make a difference in [...]

COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS The University of West Georgia’s Engage West! initiative was implemented in 2014 to reach the vision of academic excellence. UWG is focused on creating [...]

Creating & Applying Good Processes In our work with school districts, we’ve discovered that many systems want to create and apply good processes. Like many of us, K-12 leaders sometimes [...]

In our profession we tend to view performance with a critical eye or we look for what can be improved rather than what is right. Sometimes we should purposely look for the “wins” by posting as [...]

U.S. NEWS REPORTS  The 2017 U.S. News and World Report Annual Best High School rankings celebrated Barrington High School (RI) according to the following criteria: state assessment [...]

We find that when leaders speak using We/They behaviors, they usually fail to own their work. We/They is when we make ourselves look better at the expense of others. As leaders, we tend to do [...]