So that Jackson County Schools Can Go From Good

1
So that Jackson County Schools Can Go From Good
Every Child Valued,
Every Child Challenged,
Every Child Successful
2
To great!
3
In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins
describes the characteristics that cause a
company to go from good to great.
4
Good to Great Lesson 1 Good is the
Enemy of Great!
Dont be satisfied with making Adequate Yearl
y Progress
Focus on making Outstanding Yearly Prog
ress
5
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental
attitude from achieving his goal.
Nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong
mental attitude. _Thomas Jefferson
6
Good to Great Lesson 2 Get the
Right People on the Bus.
Choose your Leadership Team wisely. Surround
yourself with talent. Then decide where your
school is going.
Unfortunately, you sometimes also have to get the
wrong people off the bus.
7
Wearing the same shirts doesn't make you a
team. Buchholz and Roth
8
Teamwork Simply stated It is less ME and
more WE. Unknown
9
Good to Great Lesson 3 Develop the
Discipline of the Hedgehog.
Tighten your focus.
Avoid doing too many Programs, Projects, and
Strategies.
Above the Clamor and Clutter, Stay focused on
your Number 1 Job L E A R N I N G
10
In this essay, Isaiah Berlin uses the parable to
illustrate his idea that the world is made up of
two types of people hedgehogs and foxes.
11
Good to Great Lesson 4 Conduct
Autopsies without Blame.
Avoid the Blame Game. Changing the Future is
easier than Changing the Past.
12
I never blame myself when Im not hitting. I
just blame the bat. And if it keeps up, I
change bats. Yogi Berra
13
Good to Great Lesson 5 Avoid
the Loop of Doom.
Avoid the Quick Fixes. They tend to unravel
when things heat up. Making AYP every year will
become a Side Effect of doing what the Research
says.
14
Some people change when they see the light,
others when they feel the heat. Caroline
Schoeder
15
Good to Great Lesson 6 Out of
vigorous debates, solutions will come.
Engage in serious dialogue and debate, but do
not throw pointed objects. A heated scientific
debate can be beneficial, but coercion and
stonewalling are not.
16
It is impossible for a man to learn what he
thinks he already knows. _ Epictetus
17
Good to Great Lesson 7
Confront the Brutal Facts.
Get ready to turn over rocks and look at all
the squiggly things underneath.
The Truth may not be pretty or pleasant, but
eventually it will set you free from the
Failures of the Past.
18
Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.

• The past is closer to us than it seems to be.
• The past not only shapes the present it outlines
  the future.
• The past remains embedded in existing culture.

19
Why are rearview mirrors so small and windshields
so large?
BECAUSE . . .
It is more important to see where you are going
than where you have been.
20
Good to Great Lesson 8 Work to
become a Level 5 Leader.
Look in the Mirror when things go wrong. Look
out the Window to give credit to others when
things go right. Take responsibility for your
schools Accountability Destiny.
21
When You Look in the Mirror,What Do You See?

• Level 5 Great leader Builds enduring
  greatness through humility and will
• Level 4 Effective leader Inspiring vision
  stimulates high performance
• Level 3 Competent Manager Efficiently reaches
  predetermined objectives
• Level 2 Contributing Team Member
  Contributes to team objectives works
  effectively with others
• Level 1 Highly Capable Individual
  Contributes with skill, knowledge

22
So what does this have to do with good and
great companies,not to mention Jackson County
Schools
23
It doesnt matter how complex the world, a
hedgehog reduces all challenges and dilemmas to
simple hedgehog ideas. For a hedgehog, anything
that does not somehow relate to the hedgehog idea
holds no relevance
24
hedgehogs understand that the essence of
profound insight is simplicity. Isaiah
Berlin
25
The unifying Hedgehog Concept for Jackson County
is
26

• Every Child Valued
• Every Child Challenged
• Every Child Successful

This will take Jackson County Schools from good
schools to
27
GreatSchools !
28
(No Transcript)
29
Cowboy Advice
30

• Life is simpler when you plow

around the stump.
31

• Do not corner something

that you know
is meaner than you.
32

• Forgive your enemies.
• It messes up their heads.

J
33

• Every path has a few puddles.

34

• The best sermons

are lived,
not preached.
35

• Dont judge folks by their

relatives.
36

• Remember that silence is sometimes the best
  answer.

37

• Live a good, honorable life.

Then when you get older and think back, youll
enjoy it a second time.
38

• Dont interfere
• with something
• that aint
• bothering you none.

39

• Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain
  dance.

40

• If you get to thinking you are a person of some
  influence,

try ordering somebody elses dog around.
41

• Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot
  easier than putting it back in.

42

• Always drink upstream from the herd.

43

• Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of
  that comes from bad judgment.

44

• The biggest troublemaker youll probably ever
  have to deal with, watches you from the mirror
  every morning.

45

• If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing
  to do is

STOP DIGGING.
46

• You cannot unsay a cruel word.

47

• Words that soak into your ears

are Whispered
not YELLED.
48

• Live Simply.

49

• Love generously.

50

• Care deeply.

51

• Speak kindly.

52

• Leave
• the
• rest
• to
• God.