Reading is one of my all-time favorite activities and has been since I was in elementary school. The summer is the perfect time to catch up on your reading; even if you can’t be soaking up the rays at the shore, a book can refresh your mind and transport you to the locale of your [...]
Hiring The Right Leaders If you want to hire extraordinary people, you must get away from ordinary practices! Recently I worked with a school division that needed to fill some key positions. As we looked for the right people, we put our minds together and decided that if we want the right people for these [...]
Looking for a conference that trains adults who serve youth to create safe, healthy, caring, and intellectually empowering educational environments that foster the well-being of all children and adolescents? Definitely plan to attend The National-Youth-At-Risk Conference October 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Through the various presentations, participants learn about current research-based educational programs and strategies, [...]
Click here to read an article about our company, Ignitus Worldwide, and one of its initiatives, The Abbas Project. AlexandriaNews – T. C. Grads Bring Hope To School Children In Kenya.
While doing a Comparative Longitudinal Data Analysis of WESTEST II, West Virginia ACUITY Assessment, and Embedded Skills within West Virginia CSO’s from 2009 to 2012 for Doddridge County Elementary School, certain skills repeatedly revealed themselves as stumbling blocks across multiple content areas and grade levels. It was these repeating skills that sparked the idea that it may [...]
When I started recruiting potential teacher leaders for the school’s leadership team, I looked beyond the formal departmental titles and identified teachers who were well respected by their peers and could lead their departments in a school improvement process. Over the last two years, these teacher leaders have become a collaborative team that helps administration [...]
History is said to repeat itself and the recent horrifying events at Sandy Hook Elementary have proven that to be true. America has mourned after each of these tragic events, but we have only made meager attempts to address root causes after Columbine. Or after Virginia Tech. Or after Aurora. The list continues, although I [...]
I have been working on Dropout Prevention with 9 schools in Fayette County, West Virginia. One of the major issues I’ve noticed has been the lack of knowledge about when the dropout risk begins developing—many people believe it begins in the high school years, but through our data tracking, it has shown that the risk [...]
CEO Dr. Steve Edwards is attending the Indiana Youth Institute’s Because Kids Count Conference, this December 4th and 5th in Indianapolis. This conference will bring together a wide range of professionals who work with the youth to collaborate and share best practices. Dr. Edwards is leading a workshop focused on a problem-based learning approach to [...]
Actively engaging students in their learning is critical if we are to create thinkers who are prepared to meet the challenges that are outlined in the Common Core State Standards. Being able to think and problem solve is essential for students to be college and career ready. We often think about engaging students physically, but [...]
