Author: Nelson Coulter “Did you ever get so busy driving that you didn’t take time to stop and refuel?” I once heard the late Stephen Covey pose that question to an interviewee. As was his habit, SC brought to our attention in a metaphorical way an important insight into healthy living and productive working. Thinking about my lifelong penchant to try to …
Coach ‘em up before you Coach ‘em out: A Post-Pandemic Personnel Practice for Principals
Author: James Hopper, Superintendent, Venus ISD More than ever, schools are now in competition for teachers, substitutes, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians, etc. Every position has been affected by the Great Resignation, the ability to work from home, fear of the pandemic, and by other enticements to simply not work for a living. But this is nothing new. There was a growing teacher …
SCHOOL BY THE NUMBERS
Author: J.T. Elmore, Secondary Principal, Roscoe Collegiate High School 7 years! That is the grand total amount of time I have had the privilege of working in Texas ISDs. 19 years if we add in the Texas education I received as a young student. 11 years that it took to get my bachelor’s and another 1 to get the old master’s degree. Somehow I managed …
It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey
Author: Gary E. Briers, Professor Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Texas A&M University It’s Not the Destination; It’s the Journey —What I’ve Learned on My Journey, First Installment/Beginnings As I mark my 50th year as an educator, I find it so appropriate to reflect on the journey. Involvement in formal education has …