tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201179285632524927.post1969930637188316202..comments2023-07-20T22:18:34.320+08:00Comments on Sentiments on Common Sense- Thoughts on Education: The Shameless Art of Self Promotion For SchoolsAndrew Torrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364170307824843644noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201179285632524927.post-58255548922892902792007-12-06T03:13:00.000+08:002007-12-06T03:13:00.000+08:00You have some excellent recommendations, and I pla...You have some excellent recommendations, and I plan to share this post within my district!<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think schools are doing so many excellent things for students, but too often that's not what is reported. We need to hear the success stories.<BR/><BR/>Administrators do need to know what is special about their own schools--and also it helps supports the innovators and creative types on their campuses to know they are getting recognized! <BR/><BR/>Your suggestions are eminently practical as well. Glad Jeff Utecht pointed your post out!Carolyn Footehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07581454611313810543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201179285632524927.post-6828445912874846742007-12-06T00:09:00.000+08:002007-12-06T00:09:00.000+08:00Great post, Andrew. It is often so easy to focus ...Great post, Andrew. It is often so easy to focus on the negative and it certainly shows in the (1) the media and consequently (2) the public's perception.<BR/><BR/>I think that if we were doing a better job at celebrating the positive, newspaper articles like <A HREF="http://drapestakes.blogspot.com/2007/12/electronic-devices-in-schools-please.html" REL="nofollow">the one I recently responded to</A> would have a different slant.<BR/><BR/>I think that celebrating the positive is often one of the easiest ways to eliminate the negative.Darren Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578208859042859340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8201179285632524927.post-69256451632525353272007-12-05T23:56:00.000+08:002007-12-05T23:56:00.000+08:00I am a superintendent who celebrates our positives...I am a superintendent who celebrates our positives/achievements whenever I can. I even structured a commitment to celebrate into the beginning of every report I give to the school committee. A reminder goes out the week before each meeting for things administrators and teachers want me to celebrate. I summarize them for the committee, the press, and the public.<BR/><BR/>But, why do it? Competition? Economic gain? Politics? You have to watch a video that Dewitt Jones produced to understand why. I showed it to every faculty and parent organization and many community group when I began in my current school district. It was fundamental to my theories about leadership and learning. The video is Celebrate What's Right with the World. It is expensive, but the vision in the video is transformational. I've watched it close to thirty times, and the message never grows old and never loses meaning for me. You can read about it and see it at www.celebratetraining.com Don't miss it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com