Archive for the ‘ Staff Development ’ Category

The Parable of the Bird and the Cow Plop

I thought my readers might enjoy this “Rylism” that I shared with my staff recently.  All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. (Mat 13:34) There was a bird that lived in Canada. One winter he announced to the other birds, "I’m not flying south [ READ MORE ]

Product or Produce?

This article has been reposted by request.  I love dessert.  One of my favorites is pecan pie.  When I sit down to enjoy a piece of warm pecan pie Ala Mode there are two things that I am careful to do: 1) I eat slowly savoring each mouth watering morsel and 2) I am very [ READ MORE ]

Have You Seen This Outstanding Resource?-OER Commons

Click on the image above to go to the site.  I just discovered this amazing resource.  Below is an excerpt from one of the post-secondary lessons I found on the site. The “three R’s” of school leadership A quick check of effectiveness for school administrators. [ READ MORE ]

The Charters are Coming!

  How to Position Our Schools for Long-Term Success Despite Prolonged High Unemployment and New Competition Over the last year or so  200 Christian schools have closed their doors.  Many who have not closed have lost students and laid off staff.  More will close this year.  Although a few Christian schools are thriving, most are not. This may [ READ MORE ]

Educational Leadership, Relationships, and the Eternal Value of Christian Schooling

The following is an excellent book review on “Schools as Communities: Educational Leadership, Relationships, and the Eternal Value of Christian Schooling.”  Click on the image to see the book on Amazon. This is a book that you should seriously consider reading.  (Disclaimer: I am a contributor author, Barrett Mosbacker). The review was published in The ICCTE Journal.  [ READ MORE ]

When Change is Bad

I found this article articulates what many teachers feel—in public and Christian schools.  Too often, with the best of intentions, we throw a hodgepodge of ideas at our staff, what I call du jour training/idea of the year.  See my previous post: Rethinking Staff Development: “This Too Shall Pass.” Solutions Are the Problem in Education By [ READ MORE ]

Rethinking Staff Development: “This Too Shall Pass.”

Here is the hard and sad truth: over the  last several decades Christian schools have invested tens of thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars on staff training programs and conferences but with little sustained impact. Despite all of the research, despite recent advances in neuroscience, notwithstanding the wide-spread availability of [ READ MORE ]

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