Friday, May 18, 2012 You Never Know Who Might Visit LYS Campuses are known for doing great things. Start doing something extraordinary and you will attract attention. Case in point, in a little more than a semester, new LYS campuses Hutto Elementary School and Hutto High School have made sign...
Thursday, May 17, 2012 A New LYS Principal Asks... Fundamental 5 Targets A New LYS Principal asks the following:SC, Attached you will find our PowerWalks data. We will significantly improve the number of walk-thru’s we will perform for the remainder of the year as I purchased an iPad2 for each of our assistant pr...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 A Reader Writes... Stupidity Masquerading as Reform - Part 1 In response to the 11/9/11 post, “Stupidity Masquerading as Reform,” a LYS Teacher writes:SC,You are so right on the importance of observing strong, effective teachers. I think that it provides invaluable information for administrators as...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 A Reader Writes... Increasing Time on Task - Part 3 In response to the 4/11/2012 post, “Increasing Time on Task – The Master Schedule,” a reader writes:SCIn my school district the middle and high schools are on an 8-period, 50-minute day for 70,800 annual instructional minutes. Just for availa...