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Discover key insights from Marcus J. Newsome on building sustainable relationships, ensuring consistency of purpose, and unlocking your courage through 10 impactful lessons. From education as the great equalizer to strategic planning in Petersburg City Public Schools, explore invaluable wisdom for leadership success.
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EXCELLENCE THROUGH EQUITY 10 LESSONS LEARNED OVER 40 YEARS MAY 5, 2019 Marcus J. Newsome
Building Sustainable relationships Making organizational meaning Ensuring consistency of purpose Facing the facts and your fears Getting to your core January 15, 2019 mjnewsome@petersburg.k12.va.us 5-PRINCIPLES OF COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP
Born to sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South, in the 4th poorest legislative district in America. Yet these three brothers all earned doctorate degrees and impacted thousands of lives? EDUCATION IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER
LESSON 1 Mother Teresa became a teacher at 19… Healing children became her ministry
LESSON 2 The Law of Sowing and Reaping
LESSON 3 The Power of Team Consider the wise ways of the ant, having no guide, overseer, or ruler,provides her meat in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. LESSON 4 The Power of Words
LESSON 5 ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE to those who believe • Franklin Roosevelt became partially paralyzed at 39 • Thomas Edison failed 1,000 times before creating the lightbulb • Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime • Helen Keller was the first deaf-blind person to earn a BA degree • Her teacher Anne Sullivan became know as “The Miracle Worker” Helen Keller Thomas Edison
LESSON 6 Establish your non-negotiable NORTH STAR STRATEGIC PLANNING PETERSBURG CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS nnovate 2022 PROFILE OF A Petersburg Graduate Knowledgeable & Capable College & Career Ready Civic Leaders
LESSON 7 Sacrifice for the greater good Children in the most challenged communities need the most experienced & successful educators…
LESSON 8 EVERYONE HAS A STORY Petersburg Rising 1ST PLACE WINNER Oliver Hill Sr. Film Festival Award for Social Justice
It doesn’t matter how you start …it’s how you finish.
Lesson 9 When you get knocked down, get back up and keep moving forward Shayla Winn
Lesson 10 Enjoy the ride LESSONS LEARNED THE OVER 40 YEARS MAY 5, 2019 marcus j. newsome