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Performance Management News, Updates and Trends
The Covid-19 Stress Test for Schools: One Year Later
It’s hard to believe it has been a year since school districts across America began the shut down because of COVID-19. In some ways it feels like yesterday everyone was told to stay home, in other ways it feels like it’s been 10 years since educators had their...
The Power of Positivity: Effectively Managing Your Classroom with Praise
If you happen to be reading through teacher evaluation rubrics for different school districts, (I mean, doesn’t everyone do that regularly) and you navigate to the section on classroom management/student behavior, you will likely notice the description of top-level...
Accountability? Who Cares!
Growing up did you ever receive consequences for not taking responsibility? Ever experience being grounded or having a favorite toy thrown out because of it? That my friends is what happens when we are held accountable to what we’ve said we would do and fail to action...
Our school board promised parents two versions of school. Now there isn’t enough money for both.
As we rolled into Christmas this past December, teachers, administrators, and students rested in relief they were receiving a 2 ½ week break with no school to show up to- whether in the classroom or online. But as we all watched the news channels and saw the COVID...
Why Performance Scoring believes KPI’s need to retire
Why Performance Scoring believes KPI’s need to retire History of KPI’s No one knows exactly where KPI’s originated from, but what we do know is that these were not intended to measure individual performance. KPI’s have this ability to cause more harm then good in the...
Performance Scoring is here to simplify your process.
Matthew O’Neil poses a great question, “How do business leaders determine the measurement system for individual and group performance?” Historically, annual performance reviews are a common way companies have measured employee success. Can you really measure when its...
Gallup Said It Right: “Performance Management Must Evolve to Survive COVID-19”
Gallup Said It Right: “Performance Management Must Evolve to Survive COVID-19” In their most recent article in Gallup, Ben Wigert and Heather Barrett really hit the nail on the head; “It’s time to burn the boats, leave old performance practices behind, and create a...
Setting Goals During a Pandemic
With Performance Scoring’s crowdsourcing of factors in the moment by each employee and then identifying, analyzing, and communicating on those specific issues affecting the organization in the moment, it directs leadership on how to better align their business objectives.
Student Achievement During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Student Achievement During the Coronavirus Pandemic The impact of COVID-19 on student achievement remains to be seen, but case studies from periods of abnormal absenteeism can shed some understanding of what school will be like when it returns. In the recent...
Phys.org – Talent Is Key To School Turnarounds
Turning around low performing schools and their districts is not yet an exact science, but specific factors continue to play an essential role in successful school turnarounds. In the recent Phys.org article, “Talent is key to school turnarounds,” the University of Delaware (UD) explains how critical talent management is to the school turnaround process. “New research has demonstrated that the key to implementing successful reform in low-performing schools is hiring and retaining effective principals and teachers,” observes UD.