Warner Update
Making a difference, one person at a time
Good is the Enemy of Great (Feb. 22 - March 2nd)
There is just something about the kid that has less talent, but outworks everyone else. Don't you root for that kid?
I was a teenager working at the Country Club of Jackson and one evening as I got to play a few holes with my boss we started bantering back and forth about sports. The topic came up of college basketball and Wally (my boss), commented about how the best teams always have a few key players that outwork everyone on the court.
That conversation made a big impact on me. I agreed with Wally and I wanted to be the guy that never got outworked. I vowed to never have someone question my effort.
That leads me to this interesting take...
What if we aimed to give 99.9% instead of 100%? Here is a TRUE story...
When the Ritz-Carlton Hotels won the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the owner of that outstanding organization, Mr. William Johnson, stated that now they would need to work even harder to earn the respect that came with the award. "Quality," he said, "is a race with no finish line."
He is correct. Competitive excellence requires 100% all of the time. Ever tracked the consequences of "almost but not quite"? According to some fine research by Natalie Gabal, if 99.9% were considered good enough, then this year alone . . . 2,000,000 documents would be lost by the IRS; 12 babies would be given to the wrong parents each day; 291 pacemaker operations would be performed incorrectly; 20,000 incorrect drug prescriptions would be written (to cite just a few examples).
The point is, giving 100% is hard. It takes commitment and dedication. But I agree with Mr. William Johnson, QUALITY IS A RACE WITH NO FINISH LINE.
I connect the Ritz-Carlton story to my evening with Wally in this way, you might not be the most talented, but there is absolutely no substitute for hard work. I was 16 years old and I decided no one would ever question my effort...my desire...my heart.
Here's to committing to be the best version of ourselves each day.
NEXT WEEK AT A GLANCE:
Tuesday, Feb. 26th: 8:30am SPED Meeting at Admin
Tuesday, Feb. 26th: 9am Admin Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 26th: 9am Bible Release
Wednesday, Feb. 27th: Grades 3-5 Math Academy
Wednesday, Feb. 27th: Grades K-2 Assembly at 8:45am
Wednesday, Feb. 27th: PLC
- Q1- What do we want our students to know?
- Q2- How will we know they learned it?
This week HYPER FOCUS on What does MASTERY look like? When we say students "learned" it, what does this really mean? When you formatively assess what does MASTERY look like? When you summative assess, what does MASTERY look like? As grade level partners are you on the EXACT same page? Would your colleagues across the district be on the same page?
Thursday, Feb. 28th: Happy BDay to Nancy Bunker
Thursday, Feb. 28th: Happy BDay to DeAnna Struck (technically Feb. 29th)
Thursday, Feb. 28th: Countywide Principal Meeting at the JCISD
Thursday, Feb. 28th: Posters Passed Out for Reading Month
Thursday, Feb. 28th: Craft Club (upper El.) in the cafeteria
Friday, March 1st: Kickoff Assembly in the PM
Friday, March 1st: MSTEP Crosswalk grades 3-5 in the AM with Heather Holshoe
Friday, March 1st: Jump Rope for Heart finale
Saturday, March 2nd: Happy BDay to Christina Roberts
DID YOU KNOW:
- 95% of educators who use CPI report improving their de-escalation skills and overall school safety. With training, all staff have the skills to de-escalate and prevent. With training, all staff get a better understanding of why behaviors occur, and which intervention to use and when.
- With these skills, staff are better equipped to build relationships and reduce escalating behaviors. As a result, student outcomes improve. In fact, 74% of educators who use CPI report that grades, test scores, and graduation rates go up as a result of staff training.
- Do you think of CPI as restraint training? The truth is that CPI training is designed to help you reduce and even eliminate restraint use. Of course, sometimes there are last-resort situations where restraint is needed—only if a student presents an immediate threat of physical harm to self or others. But so often, restraint can be prevented. In fact, 61% of educators report that CPI has helped their schools reduce restraint use by 93%. You can even go as far as schools eliminated restraint use entirely.
What if a child is a perfectionist?