TregoED Blog — ESSA

The How and Why of Investing in Leadership

  “As decision-making shifts away from the federal government, it is more important than ever that our nation’s schools be led by individuals who possess the skills and technical prowess to design and adopt school improvement strategies that truly make a difference for kids.”  Alison Welcher U.S. Senate Education Committee Testimony   Beyond the Ripple Read the full article…

3 Things District Leaders Need to Achieve “The Dream” of Equity

“Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King…” I love the James Taylor song “Shed a Little Light” and his call to: “recognize that we are bound together in our desire to see the world become a place in which our children can grow free and strong” That is what the drive for Read the full article…

6 Core Values of Courageous Leadership

ESSA State plans are in – it’s time to get to work! Many will focus on the end result through accountability goals and assessment – but not necessarily on finding root cause for why expectations are not being met. Lasting and effective change is possible when we look at the data to identify true cause.  Read the full article…

Side Effects of the Principal Pipeline

Don’t you love the pharmaceutical commercials these days, the drug relieves pain, but there is a long, long list of dreadful side effects that goes by in a flash.  Not all side effects, however, are bad.  I cannot imagine that the side effects of sharing leadership skills with anyone can be anything but positive.  The Read the full article…

How will ESSA change the face of your PD?

The Every Child Succeeds act is shifting control of funding for professional development from the Federal government to the state and district level. Typical PD is about to change… In many districts, typical teacher and educational leader professional development (PD) has been short term, “sit and get” workshops or conference sessions.   With the March 2017 Read the full article…

Two Steps to ensure you help Every Student Succeed

While it appears that the world (or at least our government) is at a standstill as we wait to see what happens in the next election, in fact, recent action has taken place that will affect our day to day operations in education over the next few years.  The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed Read the full article…