“Leaving Tracks”– the Importance of Teaching

It may not surprise you that I listen to management consultants — because that is very often what I do. Yes, I am a minister and an educator, but very often I am helping administrators in education with their administration. Often they were teachers who were promoted to administration. (Yes, and I also help administrators…

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Re-Founding Book Nominated for Award

I have been notified that Re-founding Education L Jesus’ Teaching Method has been selected as one of the finalists in the Gobal Book Awards. Will it become Bronze, Silver, or Gold? The winners will be announced on August 31st. Thanks for being part of the team. Okay, now, 9/3/25, I have been told I am…

Intro to Roberts’ Rules of Order

I had a great time with folks interested in Roberts’ for civic engagement. Below is an audio recording covering the fundamentals. This is a sample for a larger product. I also can lead or teach “meeting facilitation” — meaning constructing meeting for buy in and creativity. Some links: Official website : https://robertsrules.com/ quick guide https://robertsrules.org/index.html…

Character Development Arising

I got a report at a conference yesterday that more public schools are adopting character development into their curricula. As you know I have been a supporter of this move for a few years. When I started there were at most only 4 other initiatives. Not only do teachers realize this is better for classroom…

Looking Around at the Milestone Markers: Where Have We Come?

It is graduation time. After the celebration and the well-wishing for our graduating students, let’s take a few minutes to assess where education is. I know, we are all very interested in taking off, going for summer, sitting by a pool; but just a minute, let’s see how we as educators and administrators are doing.…

The Biggest Secret of all: Success is Built on Character

“Half the team doesn’t trust the boss” Says Dan Rockwell in his blog today, citing a recent study. When managers withhold information, are unrealistically optimistic, or use put-downs, their employees do not trust them. Without trust, there will not be high performance. Dan enumerates ways that managers can build trust. Mostly they revolve around engaging…

Lower SES Students do Better in Private Schools

“Students in the lowest SES quartile who attended a private school in 8th grade were nearly four times more likely to earn a bachelor’s degree than students from the same quartile who attended a public school.” — Council for American Private Education This is a significant statement. Students in private school outperform public school —…

Coming to NISOD to talk about interactive activities in college classroom.

Memorial Day, Monday May 26th, at 10:15. at the Convention Center, (in Room 13B probably), I will be hosting a discussion on using interactive activities in the college classroom to encourage student engagement. “Ways to Engage Students: Pros, Cons, and Science.” We are moving away from the typical “read a book/go to lecture/write a paper/take…