Revised kickoff presentation81612
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Transcript of Revised kickoff presentation81612
Donna I.S.D.
What does it take to win?
Our Goals
• Instill a sense of URGENCY• Motivate Everyone• Bring US all together as a TEAM• WIN!!!
Losing
• Do you like to be on a losing team?• I don’t• Donna I.S.D. is not a losing team• So what do we have to do to Win?
• “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle
• “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. Sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.”
– Vince Lombardi
Donna I.S.D.
• This is the last year we only have the Redskin team; therefore we will use the football theme.
• Central Office are the Coaches• Principals are the quarterbacks• Teachers are the Receivers etc…
TEAM Work
• We Donna I.S.D., custodians, cafeteria workers, transportation, maintenance, paraprofessionals, teachers, librarians, principals, central office EVERYONE Needs to work together as a TEAM, otherwise we too will be destroyed
Excuses are Unacceptable
• What is done is done• No MORE EXCUSES (those died)• To be a Star we must put in a STAAR effort• We want the valley to know who Donna I.S.D.
is Forever!• It is NOT acceptable that we are one of the
school districts that did NOT meet AYP• We should have been one of the 3 who did
Make the Play• Unlike the coach you just saw; Donna I.S.D. has
NEVER said, “You do things, MY way!”• Coaches call the plays but once the play begins the
quarterback has the responsibility to make those split second decisions on how to execute that play
• Donna ISD has called the Early Exit Model play• You decide how to execute; using guidelines• Make the decisions based on YOUR students• Elementary campuses PLEASE keep in mind junior
highs; send students prepared; reading on level and in English
Donna I.S.D. Has NO Quitters
• To succeed you must fail• Ladies and Gentlemen we have failed• Are we going to quit?• Or have the HEART & Determination Rudy had?• Prove to yourself that you can lead a successful
campus• Believe in yourselves; believe in your staff &
students
We Fight
• STAAR, AYP (STATE & Federal Accountability) the biggest battle of our professional lives
• Either we work as a team or we crumble as individuals
• We fight for every inch• We fight for every student to be successful• We make sacrifices• We REACH Success
Facing the Giants
• In our profession we are facing the giants• You have been gifted with the ability of leadership• If you show your staff that you have been defeated;
they too will feel defeated• You are the Most influential person on your
campus; it can either be negative or positive…..• Don’t say you can’t do it, because you CAN• Don’t Quit• You give Donna I.S.D your Very BEST!
2012 Last Year of the Redskins
• WE are Donna I.S.D.• Let’s play like Champions• Let’s play like if it is our Señior year and make it
memorable for our students and staff• How bad do you want success? Great moments are
born from great opportunities; this is yours• Take ownership; make decisions; use data• Don’t blame anyone; YOU are the leader• Impossible is NOTHING• Let’s go beat that AYP, STAAR, Telpas, EOC etc..
• We ARE Donna I.S.D.!
• And GO FIGHT WIN REDSKINS!!!!!