Dr Flavius Akerele III's The E Team Education blog

Insanity: “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results ”. This a common occurrence in educational leadership and it does not look it is going to change anytime soon. ·          A school talks about the need for radical change, and their solution is to promote a long-time insider to head that department because they have not yet held that position. ·          A school is constantly in financial trouble, and instead of looking at the accounting structure, they hire a consultant (for a hefty price) to study the issue; even though you know someone is stealing ·          Your students complain that they are not learning anything new, and the school does not look at the fact most of the faculty and staff are graduates of the school they are working at ·          You advertise a job that you hav...

•       Communication is a matrix of oral, visual and emotion. Your spoken words, voice quality, and body language come together to communicate a message. •       Successful communication is measured in how well these components are applied and balanced. •       Is what I said, what you heard? •       Communication requires a transmitter and a receiver. Both must be tuned to the same frequency. •       As a manager, it is your job to ensure proper tuning. •       You communicate to your staff at the frequency they are on. Words, phrases, ideas, concepts, theories and directions must be tuned to their level of comprehension. You do not talk down, but find a commonality where both you and the staff can meet and communicate on a level plane.  Seems simple eh? Then why do many managers in higher education not pr...

I have worked at charter schools, I have seen good charter schools in action, and when they work, they can work very well.  I have also seen bad charter schools in action, and when they fail, it can be an absolute disaster for students, parents, and the community. The amount of work a charter school teacher has to do is extremely high because the funding is often less than a traditional public school (unless parents kick in significantly), so as a result, even the best charter schools that I have seen have high teacher turnover. FYI, a majority of charter schools do fail, but that is another story. School choice vouchers sounds good when you say it out loud, but the reality is a private school is free to decline or accept any student it wants. What happens if a Muslim student wants to accept a Christian school (or vice versa)? It does happen, because parents are looking for what is best for their child. How about if that private school hits capacity? If the student l...