by John Zurn | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Teachers typically choose responsibility as the culminating Trait for Success. Once students have been given instruction on how to build character, their goal at the end of a school year is to demonstrate their...
by John Zurn | Feb 6, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant One does not need to look far on the Internet to find articles that flout the importance of collaboration. Whether collaboration is focused on teamwork, building professional relationships, or conflict resolution,...
by John Zurn | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Parenting is undoubtedly one of the most challenging tasks most of us will face. Our children start entirely dependent on our ability and willingness to feed, bathe, clothe, love, and care for all their infant...
by John Zurn | Jan 15, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Students who are resilient do not get stuck in problem-solving. They know that if a solution is not forthcoming, it is time to look at the problem from a new perspective and try different methods for reaching...
by John Zurn | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant As teachers and as parents, what kind of children do we want to raise? The child paralyzed by fear or the child challenged by hope? The child who easily loses confidence when confronted by alternatives or the...
by John Zurn | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant ” I think it is easy to see that working hard contributes immensely to success. Words like grit and determination pop up regularly in success books, and certainly, one measure of educational success can be...
by John Zurn | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Social scientists in the past two decades have clearly stated that human values matter when it comes to defining and managing your measure of personal success. Brene Brown talks about the importance of...
by John Zurn | Dec 5, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant When our teachers first developed our list of Traits for Success, courage was not a part of it. Several years into the program, we began to understand the aspirational qualities of success in schools. We wanted...
by John Zurn | Nov 27, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Focus is about the choices a student makes. Is he or she paying attention to the things that are most important? Some students need to pay attention to teacher directions, others to the quality of their spelling...
by John Zurn | Nov 20, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant Teachers need to work with school administrators to identify what it takes for students to be successful in the community. Educators need to look beyond schooling and ask how they can best prepare students to...
by John Zurn | Nov 13, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant How do we get school communities past 150 years of academics as the primary focus of schooling? In my experience, the teachers who have worked in schools for decades are frustrated by the competition for academic...
by John Zurn | Nov 6, 2024 | Blog
John Zurn Educational Author- School Consultant I understand parents who choose to homeschool. In schools, there can be an overwhelming focus on the differences everyone brings to the table. If everyone is different, the only unified expectation is in...
