By Rachel Edoho-Eket, M.Ed.
Last spring, I attended a training on the strengths-based initiative that our school would implement this year. I was surprised to learn that we would focus on what is strong, not what is wrong. This idea presented a huge shift in my mindset because, historically, teachers have been trained to identify areas […]
Banyan Strategics and Legacy Leadership Academy Featured in Charlotte Observer
March 16, 2015
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CORNELIUS, NC
Banyan Strategics, based in Cornelius, North Carolina is a support services organization for charter and independent schools.
Banyan Strategics provides and models best practices of Servant Leadership through proven Gallup and Covey based leadership development for its K-12 client schools. As a Support Services Organization to K-12 chartered and independent schools, Banyan […]
December 10, 2014 | Jonathan Catherman
For two hours, there was a look of serious contemplation on the face of my five-year-old son. The expression first appeared after we met a young blind woman and her seeing-eye dog at the store. We had exchanged personal introductions, and she explained the roles and relationship she and her […]
February 18, 2015 | Shelly Hollis
Have you ever had a child come into your class with a “reputation that precedes him or her”? You’ve heard about his or her behavior from other teachers, and you’ve formed an idea of what teaching this student will be like. Does this preconceived idea influence the way you treat […]