Monday, April 30, 2018

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Student Achievement

CREATING A TEAM LIFE MINDSET! Team Life derives from
No, Chocolate is Not Part of the Plan!
the Navy Seals leadership philosophy. Courage, Confidence, Perseverance, and Resilience are the elite traits that personify the
 Navy Seals. Schools systems that seek to create and sustain a culture of outstanding achievement need to look to the organizations that have mapped out the path to exceptional success and unparalleled achievement. What are some of the key performance principals, tactics, strategies, and systems that help develop Seal Mindset and instill a Team Life Ethic?

“You’ve only got three choices in life: Give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got.”
“If you work together as a team and put out as hard as you can for short period of time, you’ll get to rest while everyone else pays for not working so hard.” 
Team Life Mission #1 Commitment to Self and Family
Community, Team Commitment, Belonging, Respect, and Loyalty! COMMITMENT to Your Tribe "Family" is Mission # ONE! (what is your purpose, shared goals, necessity, your reason for being "raison d'etre") | Students and families that do not feel they're part of a loyal and respectful school family, will opt-out, quit, and never engage fully with school life and academics. School and family communities with little or no hope, belief in themselves, or belief in their school systems see not participating or quitting as the best or easiest option. Administrators, educators, families, and students need come together to focus on shared goals and solutions. Top-down planning and goals that do not incorporate a family-school-community partnership are doomed to fail. POOR or Zero family-school-community partnership result in week community roots, and no root, no fruit. Never Quite on Your Team!


If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. Paul Bryant




"As an LD student, I spent my entire school career feeling that I did not belong in school! I had no hope, purpose, passion, or peace of mind. School was full of fear, hate, doubt, shame, and humiliation with no real perceived purpose because I never measured up to others standard of academic success! I QUIT ON MYSELF DAILY. I JUST QUIT TRYING" -Sean..

Team Life Mission #2 Training! 
Eat the Elephant! How do you eat your elephant? One bite at a time. Do the hard things first! Do the hard training with your team, create a real team spirit, and makes eating your elephant easier! 


Developing physical and mental toughness!
1. Set (and achieve) micro-goals daily. Physical and Mental “Small Wins and eventual BIG Victories”
2. Visualize success (overcoming weakness and or pushing through failure). Test your metal daily. You must change, grow, and stretch yourself before you can change the world.
3. Convince yourself you can do the imposable with micro-goals, perseverance, teamwork, and rigorous training.
4. Control your fear (self-doubt). Push and Stretch yourself and your team beyond their comfort zone! Self-control, self-aware, and mindfulness!
Team Life Mission #3 Communication 
Seek First to listen and understand (Seek knowledge and wisdom with a beginners mind that is unpolluted with opinions) Learn first, then seek to be understood. Communication is the most important skill in life. Seeking first to understand is about knowing you will never have all the answers and all ideas are valuable. We need others to challenge our thinking.

Team Life Mission #4 Leadership 
Leading downwards and upwards, “Exceptional Strategies and Tactics, Tested Systems, and Flexible Performance Principals” School institutions need a real shared vision of positive growth and change to lead teachers, students, and families. A vision of achievement must be more than words to truly impact and improve student outcomes! A shared vision of achievement by all stakeholders must be reviewed, overhauled, retooled, and or discarded/deleted on continuing bases. Many vision statements seem to be based on the platitudes of a few! All parts of any “Exceptional Leadership System” should hold up in a real trial of efficacy! Many leadership ideas and ideals are implemented on a whim, due in part to ego, not what is in the best interest of students.

"The effective manager/leader learns to find out what is important to the people in their circle of influence and communicates to them in terms of what matters, rather than directly stating their own needs." 


“I lead by example in all situations.”

Sunday, April 29, 2018

NC Released Test Answer Keys 2018-2019

NC EOG Released Test Answer Keys 2018-2019

NC EOG Released Reading, Writing, and Math Test Questions 2018-2019 | GRADE 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 | NC EOG PDF printable paper Test Grades 3-8 Reading and Math

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Philosophical Traditions | Socratic Seminars and Discussions!

Teaching Western and/or Eastern Philosophy to Students! 

Stoicism, Cynicism, Buddhism, ZEN Buddhism, TAOISM, Apollonian and Dionysian, and JEDI Wisdom and Philosophy: Learning and teaching Western and/or Eastern Philosophical Traditions can be transformative for students! Using Socratic Seminars and Discussions is a quick way to open up a dialog and start the higher order thinking. 
  • What is wisdom?
  • What is philosophy?
  • Why could reading about multiple philosophical traditions be the best way to learn about wisdom?
  • What would be some alternative meanings of wisdom?
  • What is another way to look at Wisdom vs. Philosophy?
  • Would you explain why it is necessary or beneficial, and who benefits from learning about or adopting a ZEN, TAOISM, or Jedi philosophy?
  • What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the different philosophical traditions?
  • What is the point of view. a theme, an idea being presented in the... quote?
"you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view." Obi-Wan Kenobi

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”
Lao Tzu

"No! Try not! Do or do not, there is no try." YODA
"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see."Alexandra K.Trenfor 

"Attachment leads to jealously. The shadow of greed, that is." YODA
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

“If you define yourself by the power to take life, the desire to dominate, to possess…then you have nothing.” Obi-Wan Kenobi
Teachers who are able to move mountains are the ones who start by carrying away the smallest stones.

3. All great teachers open doors for students, but the student must enter by themselves. 

The Buddha in the Classroom Quotes ― Donna Quesada
“When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.”

“The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids.”
“Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.”

“What we can change is our perceptions, which have the effect of changing everything.” 
“Each situation is a blossom to be picked with a curious spirit.”

A life full of laughter and learning is richer than a palace full of sadness.“Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.” Lao Tzu

Even when we stumble and fall down, it doesn’t mean we’ve chosen the wrong path.
If no mistake have you made, yet losing you are… a different game you should play. YODA


Always look on the bright side of life (Monty Python). If you don't understand this, polish what is dull in your life until it begins to shine.
Conquer anger with non-anger.
Conquer badness with goodness.
Conquer meanness with generosity.
Conquer dishonesty with truth.
~ The Buddha
A thousand-mile journey begins with just one step.

Never be afraid of going slowly, be scared of stopping. 


“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.”  Yoda

Don’t speak if it doesn’t improve on silence. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.” Dalai Lama XIV

It’s better to be a teacher for a day than to be a shadow for a 1,000 days.

As the Zen Master served tea to his new student, the student carried on talking about his own opinions, theories, and ideas. The Zen Master remained silent as he poured more tea into his guest’s teacup and even after it was full, the Zen Master continued pouring!

The student watched the tea overflow and spill onto the table. He could no longer hold it in and burst out, “Stop! Can’t you see that it is full? No more tea can go in!”

“Exactly.” The Zen Master agreed. “You are like this tea-cup, full of your own opinions, assumptions, and theories. You have come for teaching but how can I show you wisdom if you don’t first empty your cup?"

The temptation to give up will be much stronger just before you reach your goal.


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Sunday, April 15, 2018

FSA Released Test Answer Keys 2018-2019

FSA Released Test Answer Keys 2018-2019

FSA Released Reading, Writing, and Math Test Questions 2018-2019 | GRADE 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and High School | FSA PDF printable paper Test Grade 3-10 Reading and Math

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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

FCAT Released Test Answer Keys

FCAT 2.0 Released Test Answer Keys 2018-2019

FCAT Released Reading and Math Test Questions 2018-2019 | GRADE 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and High School | FCAT PDF printable paper Test Grade 3-10 Reading and Math

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