Archive for August 2015
True Coaching is a Gift
From the desk of Alice… ERG is on the eve of celebrating 11 years of business. In those 11 years, we have managed to fine tune the process of job-embedded coaching in a way that gets results at the school level. When we started ERG, coaching was not a mainstream idea. In fact, coaching was…
Read MoreSpreading a Feast of Ideas
From the desk of Leigh Ann… “Our fault, our exceeding great fault, is that we keep our own minds and the minds of our children shamefully underfed.” – Charlotte Mason This summer I became inspired by the work of educator Charlotte Mason. Her life was dedicated to improving the quality of education for children at…
Read MoreResilience
From the desk of Carol C. . . You’ve got to accentuate the positive. Eliminate the negative. And latch on to the affirmative. Don’t mess with Mister In-Between by Johnny Mercer Excitement and apprehension fill the air at the beginning of every school year. They both come from a sense of renewal that the year…
Read MoreStrength in Relationships
From the desk of Leigh Ann… “The strength of our student relationships makes the difference in translating our passion for teaching into their passion for learning.” – Beth Morrow The Gallup Organization’s research shows that the most effective people are those who understand their strengths and behaviors. This week I was encouraged to take a…
Read MoreAdvice for the New Year
From the desk of Carol C. . . It’s both exciting and terrifying to begin the school year as a new teacher. No matter how many years you’ve taught, you can always remember those first few years in the classroom…the grade level curriculum, behavior management, scheduling to name a few. Some of the issues facing…
Read MoreCurriculum First
From the desk of Carol C. . . There was something about setting up my classroom that I just loved…putting out the writing center supplies and the math manipulatives, setting up the reading nook, finding objects for the science table, and locating a current map for social studies. There were so many things like this…
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