Normal is NOT AMAZING!

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 “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

-Maya Angelou

What if I told you this is the best we can do? You would probably laugh and try to find your way to a new elementary school. No hope....what is the point?

We, as educators, are moving toward greatness! Yes, I said, “Greatness!” Why do I feel this way? Because the beginning of our success has nothing to do with the demographics, socio-economics, and/or test scores of our students.The power of change starts with us. 

We all play a major role on this team; therefore, the movement of change starts within. That means, after reading this post, you can start immediately. 

As you know, I have played basketball the majority of my life. The one theme I can take-a-way from that experience is the successful teams I played on carried a culture of winning. We believed if you were having a bad game, it was our job to pick you up. If you had the game of your life, we celebrated your achievement. I remember the 10th, 11th, and 12th man working as hard as our leading scorer.

Ultimately, you determine how you respond to adversity, the content of your parking lot conversations, how you react to challenging students, how you treat one another, the value you place on your practice, your approach with combative parents, your role in our school, and your thoughts-which are the first steps before action. 

When we determine we want to be truly GREAT-and I mean truly great-every minute of everyday, our culture will change forever! As long as we remember and recognize our students are #1 priority-we have started moving in the right direction. 

Now, let’s build on what we have started....

-Rodney S. Lewis, Ed.D.