It’s coming to a school near you…hopefully, not yours. It’s the “what did we say we were going to do” syndrome. My gut says everyone in school leadership has experienced this, maybe even you. I know I have as a teacher and an administrator.

August amnesia is another way of saying Organizational Memory Loss, which is a terrible challenge to cumulative growth in school improvement.

In yesterday’s podcast episode, I offered 5 ways to tackle August Amnesia, and 5 educational leaders and friends shared their thoughts on how to jump-start next school year this summer.

Their strategies are:

• Decluttering
• Goals with Initial Steps
• Using Padlet
• Pause But Don’t Stop
• Community Engagement Slide.

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