tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post4757372608845946291..comments2024-03-08T00:17:09.224-08:00Comments on The Daily Grind: Good to Great: School EditionMr. McNamarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-5009257559988559672009-05-04T17:11:00.000-07:002009-05-04T17:11:00.000-07:00anon--it can be frustrating, especially when tryin...anon--it can be frustrating, especially when trying to address the entrenched beliefs of a long union dominated profession. Unfortunately for schools, teacher unions in general lack the willingness to mature and adapt to a with a changing landscape. Those reasons are what draw me to the charter school movement.Mr. McNamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-7294002873002577732009-05-03T21:52:00.000-07:002009-05-03T21:52:00.000-07:00As a new-ish school board member, I feel frustrate...As a new-ish school board member, I feel frustrated by all the bureaucracy that seems to get in the way of a superintendent or board making these personnel decisions that would get the right people on the bus and in the right seats. Tenure, seniority, contracts...it often seems our hands are tied. <br /><br />I have not read Good to Great yet but I have heard that it has powerful applications to schools. Gonna check it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-30121246493938965882009-04-30T03:08:00.000-07:002009-04-30T03:08:00.000-07:00Braemar, I will cover your concerns later when I w...Braemar, I will cover your concerns later when I write about Level 5 leaders, which are discussed by Collins.<br /><br />Anon, Collins also discusses, and so I will write about, determining the things you can be great at and focusing on those things. He also points out that the "great" companies don't wander off at the first sign of the latest and greatest. <br /><br />On the other issue, I slightly disagree. I agree that great teachers can teach anyone, but I also believe some great teachers are even greater when they are teaching the low-level students. These teachers simply havea knack for connecting and communicating witht that group. I envy them. I believe I can teach anyone, I am less convinced that I am great at teaching everyone. As an example, I feel less confident about my ability with 9th graders than I do with 12th graders (of all levels).<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and let's keep positive open dialouge moving (another important aspect of great companies).Mr. McNamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-1866425141520337812009-04-29T18:25:00.000-07:002009-04-29T18:25:00.000-07:00While I sort of agree that teachers should be put ...While I sort of agree that teachers should be put in the right spots...I am concerned with the attitude that some teachers have regarding teaching the lower level students. Some teachers feel that this is beneath them. Having the opportunity to teach both higher level and lower level classes, I find them both equally challenging. Both groups need to strive to reach the next level, as a teacher I have to find and/or be the motivating factor that brings them to this level. Unwise, I am not doing my job. I HATE those who say I am only successful with one group or the other. In order to be a great teacher you need to be able to teach at all levels. Otherwise you should get out of the professionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-92208514092507697142009-04-29T17:52:00.000-07:002009-04-29T17:52:00.000-07:00as correct as this seems it depends on having lead...as correct as this seems it depends on having leaders who are able to assess and execute the situation to move staff to the right seats or off the bus. <br /><br />perhaps knowing where the bus is going on a steady course may help determine the success possibilities of the staff. <br /><br />the problem with WPS leadership has been a very long history of tacking back and forth changing the target partway to the goal. <br /><br />the book is a fine one; the model the same. too many leaders at various levels do not aim at the same target over the time required to show progress.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13284468616687262791noreply@blogger.com