Community Organizing and School Leadership
Opening, establishing and running an urban school is as much about community organizing as it is educational leadership. We have to engage families and teach them how to be activists on our children's behalf. This is especially necessary given the mood of the country and the strong community organization and activism on the right. More on community organizing in the next post.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Coaching Champions
Teams that make it to the Final Four have one thing in common all season: Coaches train their players to focus on "The Next Game," not on getting to the championship game. During each game they focus on each play, not on winning the game. One play and one game at a time. Even with 7 seconds on the clock, that's how they get there. Moment to moment, play after play, game by game. That's what champions do. That's what we need to do with our Kids: Win every moment and the championship takes care of itself.
Teams that make it to the Final Four have one thing in common all season: Coaches train their players to focus on "The Next Game," not on getting to the championship game. During each game they focus on each play, not on winning the game. One play and one game at a time. Even with 7 seconds on the clock, that's how they get there. Moment to moment, play after play, game by game. That's what champions do. That's what we need to do with our Kids: Win every moment and the championship takes care of itself.
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