What weve learned

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What weve learned

• Dr. Molly Howard, Principal,
• Jefferson County High School, Louisville, GA
• Dr. Mark Wilson, Principal,
• Morgan County High School, Madison, GA
• Northwest Georgia RESA, Rome, GA,
• June 11, 2009

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for extra thought

• Perhaps the greatest idea that America has given
  the world is education for all. The world is
  entitled to know whether this idea means that
  everybody can be educated, or simply, that
  everybody must go to school.
• Robert Hutchins, The Conflict of Education in
  an American Society

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About Students
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Students

• for many, school is Seven Hours of Paradise.

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Students

• will do more for you, than because of you.

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Students

• Students will rise or fall to the expectations
  of the environment in which they exist.

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Students

• need to be critical readers, regardless of
  their post-secondary goals.

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Students

• Meeting individually to set goals with students
  can direct energy towards good goals.

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Students

• It is our privilege to work with your
  daughter/son.

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Teachers
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Teachers

• will do more for you, than because of you.

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food for thought

• Power and influence do not emanate from
  position. They come from the ability to persuade
  commitment and a passionate belief in a system of
  justice and fairness for all.
• Paraphrased from Education Trust.

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Teachers

• Need the
• Power to Act

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Teachers

• must have a deep working knowledge of
  Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment and how
  they are interconnected.

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Teachers

• Teaching is a team sport these days.

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Teachers

• Teachers must continue to learn job-embedded
  professional learning is the most powerful.

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Administrators
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Administrators

• Dont have to have all the answers. Learn the
  power of exponents.

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Administrators

• find time to read.

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Administrators

• Successful administrators plan for succession and
  sustainability.
• What if I get hit by bus 13?

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Administrators

• If you could lead by email, you would never
  have to get out of your pajamas.

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Administrators

• Its not enough to have a mission and vision
  statement whats more important is to be
  passionate and be driven by underlying principles.

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Administrators are like pencils.

• 1.   You will be able to do many great things,
  but only if you
•        allow yourself to be held in someone's
  hand.
• 2.   You will experience a painful sharpening
  from time to time,
•       but you'll need it to become a better
  pencil.
• 3.   You will be able to correct any mistakes you
  might make.
• 4.   The most important part of you will always
  be what's
•       inside.
• 5.   On every surface you are used on, you must
  leave your
•       mark.  No matter what the condition, you
  must continue to write.

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In Conclusion

• Selenas Story.