5 Reasons Why Every Elementary School Needs a Full-Time Advancement Director – Part 1: Reasons and Rationale
You know the conversations that start out, “I have good news, and I have bad news,” and then the speaker asks the listener which one[…]
Five Reasons Faith-Based Schools Need to Charge Higher, Not Lower, Tuition
Happy July! Before sharing this week’s article, these series of articles (“Tetrahedronics”) will be moving to STAFFAdvancement.com (https://staffadvancement.com) under the “Systems Thinking” navigation tab. They’ll[…]
What’s More Important? Mission or Vision?
This is a trick question. They’re BOTH important. Yet, we want to believe that something needs to happen first, and then next. Something always has[…]
Tetrahedronics: Systems Thinking for Education
A number of years ago, a contact at a school asked why I call my approach to systems thinking “Tetrahedronics.” I thought it would be[…]
Linear Thinking Can Lead to Uncontrolled Growth
Before reading any further, please re-read the title of this article, and think to yourself – is this a good thing, or a bad thing?[…]
5 Essential Elements for a School’s Success
In 1956, Benjamin Bloom identified three domains of educational activities – Cognitive (mental skills, or Knowledge), Affective (awareness of feelings or emotional area, or Attitudes),[…]
Catholic Schools: “Foundational” to the Parish – Part 2
In last week’s Tetrahedronics article, “Catholic Schools: ‘Foundational’ to the Parish – Part 1,” I made the bold suggestion that if a parish-based Catholic school[…]
Catholic Schools: “Foundational” to the Parish – Part 1
Almost every year, one hears of a few faith-based schools that are closing or merging in their community. Most of these news stories center around[…]
The Five Dangers of Being a Development Director
One of my personal beliefs is that we must expand our minds to be able to hold more than three ideas at the same time.[…]