TregoED Blog

How many times have you as an education leader been faced with a significant challenge and asked yourself—–“Where do I begin?”  The charge can often seem overwhelming and impossible to get your arms around.  Tackling tough, complex issues frequently requires the best thinking from everyone and accentuates the need for strategies that help people work Read the full article…

Leaders are leaders because they enjoy the challenges associated with making decisions and  determining courses of action. To greater or lesser degrees, leaders find that owning a vision for the organizations they head comes fairly easily to them; implementing their personal vision may also be accomplished without much stress simply because those underneath them on Read the full article…

Typically when we think of “pre-existing conditions”, we think of things that may put us at greater health risk.  But what about pre-existing conditions that predispose us to positive results?  Whether talking about individuals or organizations,   some pre-existing conditions can be helpful – even essential- for accomplishing great things. TregoED has identified 5 pre-existing conditions Read the full article…

To transform lives for the betterment of society. One student, one discovery at a time. -Roy M. Spence, Jr. There has been a lot of focus on the value of purpose. In the latest bestseller, It’s Not What You Sell, It’s What You Stand For, Roy M. Spence, Jr. chronicles various organizations he has worked Read the full article…

Effective leadership is defined by results.  Peter Drucker has written that all leaders have two major responsibilities:  First, to personally be an effective leader and second to help those with whom they work to be successful in their own work.    The importance of results compels districts to make the improvement of leadership capabilities a critical Read the full article…

The single strand of classic pearls… The  navy blazer paired with khaki trousers … The sound of “Casablanca’s” theme song, “As Time Goes By”, as a couple shares a wedding’s first dance… Some things are just…perfect….no matter how many times we see them, wear them or hear them. But why? What is there about the classics that Read the full article…

  In my experience, Special Education Meetings are often met with dread and filled with emotions.  Life as a Special Education Administrator involves tough decision-making on contentious issues:  student placement, types of support, programs, etc.  These decisions often involve a difference of opinions about what is necessary and best for the student.  Often, the squeaky Read the full article…

Collaboration is a powerful tool  for developing the best possible solutions, garnering support for change, and creating a high-performing work force. Sounds intriguing, right? But how do you actually go about doing it? Under the best of circumstances, collaboration can be like herding cats.  And if you work in a district favoring centralized, autocratic decision-making, Read the full article…

We don’t train – we educate!   How often have you been told you get to ‘go to a training program’?  And, in your mind, is this a part of something holistic or is it an event?  The longer I work with organizations the more I get to realize that training is just training – Read the full article…

What might the sitting President of the United States, the presumptive challenger to his position and the angst-filled Prince of Denmark have in common? Decisions to make! Decisions that will create consequences to live with : for themselves as well as many connected to them.   The front page of the New York Times on Read the full article…