Multi-Tiered System of Supports, or MTSS, is a term used to describe an evidence-based model of schooling that uses data-based problem solving to integrate academic and behavioral instruction and intervention (Florida’s MTSS Project). This definition brings together the worlds of academic instruction and behavioral intervention. The MTSS movement is catching [...]
Goal setting is the first and probably the most important scale in our Personal Responsibility–Achieving Academic and Career Goals Personal Responsibility Map. By definition, a goal is an object or end that one strives to attain. A goal is an end toward which one directs some effort. Goal setting is [...]
We all have experienced it. From the rude cashier to road rage to the incredible nastiness posted online, this non-stop hostility has at its core deep unmet psychological needs. It’s not that one starts out each day saying, “How many people can I be nasty to today?” It just happens [...]
With increased public awareness of bullying in our communities, schools and workplaces, there has been a common response to this problem—How can we stop the bully? While this is a logical response, it is also a one-sided response that in most cases increases rather than decreases the number of bullying [...]
Physical wellness is the state of health that is the result of doing healthy things, such as eating good foods, exercising daily, and feeling good about life. Wellness is the state of health and well-being we are able to achieve. It is not only being free of illness, it is [...]
Mulit-Tiered System of Supports or MTSS is a term used to describe an evidence-based model of schooling that uses data-based problem solving to integrate academic and behavioral instruction and intervention (Florida’s MTSS Project). This definition brings together the works of academic instruction and behavioral intervention. This movement is catching on [...]
For many years, we at The Conover Company have grouped sales orientation with leadership. The two are fundamentally the same. Leadership is the ability to clearly express to others your vision or ideas about how to do something, get them to accept and do it on their own. Sales orientation [...]
Time Management is the seventh skill on our Success Profiler social/emotional pyramid. Time management is making sure that your actions help you to finish things you have to do. The biggest task facing most of us today is to improve productivity. This is true for your students as well. Learning [...]
The sixth step in our Success Profiler social/emotional pyramid is Decision Making. It is important to note that decision making is a process that follows problem solving. Decision making is using problem solving skills to discover a course of action that will most likely achieve the results you want. Decision [...]
Drive strength/motivation is the skill of learning, understanding, and using your desire to reach school, work and personal goals. Motivation is the reason and the drive that makes someone do something. Motivation is the fifth key social/emotional skill in our Success Profiler’s Personal Skills Map and a key to solid [...]