January 2011
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Trying to stop inappropriate classroom behaviors, increase parental involvement, and produce better problem solvers? Do you wish for more time to teach something other than the test? Whether you are a new school team player or old school veteran that’s had enough drama for one semester. I might have something that works for you in my FREE Digital Download. It’s been a blessing in my life,...
July 2010
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March 2010
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November 2009
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#1 Call to Action
Original excerpt from 1 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission.
Discovering your life’s mission could mean a lifetime of research and development. Would you agree? At 30, I sold my highly successful window cleaning company to become a full-time substitute teacher. I know it sounds crazy,...
#2 Pursuit of a Mission
Original excerpt from 2 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission.
What smacks me upside the head [like that famous V8 commercial] is that if our mission in life is important enough to require years of refinement, why then don’t we spend more time studying the idea of purpose? I mean the reason...
October 2009
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#3 Clearly Defined Goals
Original excerpt from 3 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission.
Many times your colleagues will approach projects with cookie cutter strategies and some will create lesson plans out of plain old ignorance. But the smarter teacher operates in a less stressed learning environment because she...
#4 Focused Goals
Original excerpt from 4 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission.
In volume 2.2 I wrote, “In the next eBook I’ll shine light on why setting dates on measurable goals are so important.” Here it is. Acclaimed authors and business coaches Ken Blanchard and Steve Gottry wrote, “People often procrastinate...
#5 Specific Goals
Original excerpt from 5 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission.
After pulling the young guy off to the side of his opened classroom door I confirmed, “Things just don’t go the way we planned sometimes, huh?” His eyes gave him away. I hadn’t noticed them before. There wasn’t much there. His stare...
#6 Measurable Goals
Original excerpt from 6 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission.
As a new teacher you will face obstacles that may send you home in tears, screaming all the way up the Lodge Freeway. So, cry it out, but commit to clearly identifying the problems and creating aggressive action plans to make significant...
September 2009
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#7 Action Based Goals
Original excerpt from 7 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission.
I’ve grown to love this part of goal setting. Don’t just stand there you have to do something. Action based goal setting is where the rubber meets the road. When I created Empowering Basics University 20 years ago I didn’t understand...
#8 Realistic Goals
Original excerpt from 8 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but usually one of a few things will happen when attempting to set realistic goals. One possibility is that you stand a real good chance of talking yourself out of a goal that sounds too big for your God given...
#9 Time Based Goals
Original excerpt from 9 of 9 eBook Download of Stop Crying in the Restroom [it ain’t that deep]: A Guide to Effective Goal Setting for Any Teacher on a Mission
Dr. Robert H. Goddard at Clark University 1924, “It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.”
Don’t skip the fundamental steps for goal setting. ...