Superior school administrators exert positive leadership characteristics in working with people, and strive continually to develop and strengthen the following traits: 1. COURAGE. It takes a great deal of courage to be a superior administrator. The administrator must do the best for the most. Administrators must be able to take criticism from their board of… Read more »
What you have in the life of a nation you must first put into its schools
LAWS * ETHICS Since values demand so much from us, wouldn’t it just be easier to lay down some rules with kids and expect them to follow the rules. Plato once asked his students, “Don’t laws equal ethics?” Plato’s response was “Ethics equal laws only in a perfect society.” Since we do not live in… Read more »
A survey of American workers found that almost half admit to committing unethical or illegal acts at work in the past year. “Fifty-six percent felt pressure from their supervisors to actunethically,” says the Cutler Daily Scoop. “How often do you hear things like, ‘I don’t care, just get it done.’” Fourteen percent say they covered… Read more »
New Survey Looks at Why People Sometimes Bend the Rules at Work ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Having overly aggressive financial and organizational business objectives without a formal ethics program could be a formula for pushing otherwise honest employees over the edge, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management… Read more »
In 1972, I returned to Miami Beach High School to speak to the drama class. Afterward I asked the drama teacher if any of my English teachers are still there. Irene Roberts, he tells me, is in the class just down the hall. I was no one special in Miss Roberts’ class – just another… Read more »
* Identify a group of interested Staff Members / Site Council Members who will serve as the driving force to present different ideas to the greater staff presented through a Monthly or weekly Memo. Typically 4 ideas per month. Selected activities are in the Values in Action! Guide for teachers and the Bureau of Essential… Read more »
Educators say kindness can help stem violence While many school district officials spent the summer installing crisis plans, automatic locks and surveillance cameras, teachers made plans to install a new kind of security in their students — trust and communication. Nearly one third of metro Detroit districts will return to classrooms this week. They will… Read more »
Last fall I was asked to speak to 3,000 employees of a large supermarket chain in the Midwest on building customer loyalty and regenerating the spirit in your workplace. One of the ideas I stressed was the importance of adding a personal “signature” to your work. With all the downsizing, re-engineering, overwhelming technological changes and… Read more »
Values in Action! I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you think you can’t. I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. I’ve learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you. I’ve learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is… Read more »
