No Logo?! ?

Does this look like enough red for a Cardinal Fan?

Now, It's hard to put a number or a scale on interest on a fan's enthusiasm.  But when a real baseball fan, player, coach and manager like @TonyLaRussa chooses to omit any single logo, we must all take note!  NO LOGO!?!

No Logo
By refusing any logo, he demonstrates his esteem for each organization and the contributions from those eras but endorses them all!  The White Sox and A's and even the Cardinals orginizations all fostered the environment necessary for the building of a true champion.  The question becomes, allegiance, picking favorites and ranking.  As the consummate coach, he always thinks of others.  Even listening to him talk reminds us to "tie for first." 

Brand Awareness
Conversely, organizations promote brand awareness, and loyalty fiercely and competitively as they struggle to get a piece of the pie.  Here we see the antithesis!

Assingment
Not to take anything, but it reminds me of a lesson I struggle with still.  In a training workshop we had a breakout session in our small group.  The challenge was to tell as story, but there was a twist!  It just wasn't any story but a personal story about what happened last night.  The task was to tell the story but leave out the personal pronoun "I." 

Me, Myself and I

We not allowed to say things such as:

I went out with friends.

After dinner, I watched the game.

or

I wanted to go skating.

 

We had to determine a "work around" like:

A bunch of us went out last night and...

Did you see the game last night?

or

Does anybody want to go do something?  We could go skating.

Try it and see what it feels like.  Personally, it is still a challenge! Is there a lesson in there?  What is important about Tony chosing No Logo?  Are we ready for that?

What would you do with an extra 25 minutes every day?

After the initial shock and surprises surrounding the initial release of Missouri MAP score results in August, we must decide what comes next.  Winfield Middle School had growth in all three tested categories: MATH, ELA and SCIENCE  So where do we go from here?







 

A great take-away from PD training in Scottsdale Arizona (see picture above) at the effective schools (@effectiveschool) conference was______?

WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR RESULTS?
More of the same or follow through with deliberate intentional adjustments based on research applying methods proven to effect students positively?

At Winfield Middle School, we have changed many things; room assignments, courses taught, lunch order.  All of these are designed to allow content teachers the ability to visit, collaborate and compare notes on a frequent and regular basis inside the school day, without extra time added to their schedules.  In fact, its like we found extra time!

What would you do with an extra 25 minutes every day?  With our extra time, we collaborate.

Pick your local Missouri school.  What role does collaboration play in their efforts?  Is there cooperation between the teachers or competition?

A great take-away from Professional Development training in Scottsdale Arizona (see picture above) at the effective schools conference was teacher collaboration.