Sunday, October 2, 2011

Chapter 1: The Importance of Simplicity, Clarity, and Priority

As I am reading this, I am thinking to myself... this is easy stuff!  It's kind of like we talked about in our last PLC training... we know what to do, we know what is best, but we just don't always do it!  What's best for optimal learning is that we plan as teams, we implement a "decent" curriculum, and we put a strong focus on reading, writing, and talking.  As an administrator, it is almost a relief when I hear that they recommend no new initiatives since I feel like I am swimming in initiatives at this moment!

I think "The One Thing You Need to Know" makes a lot of sense.  Isn't it true that people just want to know exactly what they need to do to be effective, and then they want to do that "one" thing.  (of course that goes back to knowing what's right and doing it.  I know that running 2-3 miles per day greatly reduces my stress level, but I have not done that for weeks!)  I would really like to know what the staff sees as that one thing. 

Leadership Team:  What do you see as the one big thing?  How would this help our building and what things are we doing now that reinforces the one big thing?

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