TregoED Blog

Retention – it seems to be on everyone’s radar these days – and with good reason.  Existing staff shortages, early retirements and potential resignations have us all thinking about ways to hold on to the staff that we have.  There are a lot of great ideas out there about how to go about accomplishing this Read the full article…

Get Your Priorities Straight Using a Little SUG

In today’s world, school leaders have critical, complex priorities that are constantly shifting. Getting your priorities straight is easier said than done when the world around you is in constant flux.  Just looking at the first hour of the average school day this year, we find leaders dealing with a multitude of tasks caused by Read the full article…

We don’t need TikTok’s “Quit-Tok” videos to know that the Great Resignation is upon us.  You don’t have to look further than your office, classroom, or boardroom to know people are exhausted and frustrated.   A recent survey by the National Association of Secondary School Principals indicated that job satisfaction is at an ultimate low with Read the full article…

Steady as She Goes! Performance Systems Un-Rock the Boat

Times of uncertainty and volatility rock the boat – they often change what and how things need to be done. This places unfamiliar pressures on people and elevates stress. Ed Week’s “What Teachers Who Might Quit Are Really Thinking” and other articles highlight some of the unintended consequences: Feeling undervalued, more exhausted, more dissatisfied Grappling Read the full article…

How’s Your Year Going? School Climate Matters

How did you start this school year? With excitement, anticipation, hope, “we’re in this together?” or with dread, anger, fatigue, “every man for himself?” What attributes do districts have that put them in one category or the other? Why are some districts more successful at navigating, pivoting, and communicating? Research done by the What Made Read the full article…

What’s good for the goose…. I ran across a great little video from Edutopia of “words kids love to hear” reflecting the Whole Child SEL mantra that we know to be so important to our children’s mental health, always, but especially after the year they just had.  But what about the Whole Staff Member approach?  Read the full article…

Listening to the political discourse as of late, it seems that dread, fear, anxiety and even rage are all words that have become associated with the reopening of schools. Surely re-openings are fertile ground for potential problems – but they bring potential opportunities as well.  One district in Connecticut for example, used the crisis as Read the full article…

The 5 P’s of Ever-Ready Leadership

Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA) are conditions prevalent – increasingly so – in an education leader’s world.  We cannot necessarily foresee the needs, emergencies, or issues of tomorrow.  Education leaders must be prepared to handle anything.  The most effective way to ensure this is to build the capacity for ever-ready leadership.  This capacity enables Read the full article…

Are your communications calm, consistent and clear? Or do they reflect the current VUCA environment—volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous? Perception is reality. Communication is the key to the public’s perception of how you are managing your world—in crisis or not. Think George Bush—communicating from the site of 9-11—perceived as a “take charge” and “swift, coordinated Read the full article…

“Running a school district is one of the toughest most complex jobs in America – John Kim, Senior Lecturer @HBS during A Seat at the Table: Strategies and Tips for Complex Decision Making Webinar Education leaders are living in a VUCA world – a world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity as they face Read the full article…