Poor centers go after poor training. The best centers go after the best training. When I was younger I would have evaluated that the poor centers HAD to choose poor training due to low finances. With a lot more experience, in business, government, church and psychology, I am beginning to see it differently now. The…
I have just updated the list of seminars, especially listing the ones submitted and approved by The Registry, along with their classification system and numbering. Please do feel free to inquire what is available, whatever your staff needs.
Jim Parker, former CEO of Southwest Airlines, is interviewed by Dan Rockwell, a leadership consultant. Southwest really outperformed. Why? The CEO had different ideas than most did at that time. Check them out: http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/jim-parker-on-life-and-leadership/ People are important. What goes around comes around. Follow your heart. Yes, you have heard them. Maybe my clients actually do…
We finally got it all through. Approved by the Registry in the last areas. Now we can claim to be a full service shop. All topics of training available. Woohoo! Remember, also, consulting for directors as a super low cost. And a variety of assessments for your students — even norm based. Nothing like it!
Here is a great introduction to a disorder that seems to be new. What is going on when a child is acting… unsual … consistently. Do you have a child who just freaks out over the loud fire alarm? A child for whom certain normal touch sensations just won’t work — like it is too…
What are you doing for Presidents’ Day? How can you extend it? How about learning about the childhood of a president? How he came to the presidency? How he faced the challenges of office? Mmemorizing the names of presidents can be extremely useful. A four year old will find this to be a game. Later…
What values do you teach your children? Some peole teach rights. Some model rebellion. Most believe in altruism. Are we teaching that? Traditionally duty was taught, but today our culture seldom mentions that. I submit that if we teach only rights and never duty or altruism, we may have an unpleasant culture not many years…
You are teaching impressionable chidlren. What is most important to teach? What values are your teaching? Basically rights? Or duty and altruism? What do you teach? How do you teach it? What does this relfection bring to you?
Deborah J. Stewart helpfully passes on good resources for preschool teachers. Here is a a great one: Teach_Preschool Early Childhood 30 more blogs about play, creativity, nature and family http://bit.ly/gGpx9I #ece #preschool #teachpreschool Here is another: preschoolers Education.com Preschool activity of the day: Blast Off with a Homemade Rocket Ship! bit.ly/nwYBRD And another…
Daniel Jutras, Ph.D. shows how to use Montessori materials like the pink tower (and of course the trinomial cube) to teach many things including Pythagorean Theorem, geometry, basic algebra and of coure the trinomial equation. Free. Thanks, Dr. Jutras! and Thaks to Swan Mai for passing it along! http://www.mepiforum.org/images/conferences/2007/myrtlebeach/Daniel%20Jutras%20Handout_2007.pdf