By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker December 05, 2009 ## 100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do NYTimes, Bruce Buschel I found the following list of “rules” fascinating for several reasons: first, it gives me a glimpse into the restaurant customer service world; second, I found many (not all) of the rules to
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker November 02, 2009 I love dessert. One of my favorites is pecan pie. When I sit down to enjoy a piece of warm pecan pie à la mode, there are two things I am careful to do: first, I eat slowly, savoring each mouthwatering morsel; and
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker October 24, 2009 Schools are organic and dynamic, not static. Like the human body, schools go through a lifecycle of change and stages of development. Although most schools follow a predictable cycle, that cycle is not inevitable. Below are typical organizational stages, summarized and adapted from
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker October 24, 2009 At a recent Executive Symposium on Distance Education that I attended, a public school superintendent, not knowing I was from a private school, said to the group (to paraphrase): “We are developing a robust online program and we fully expect to recapture students
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker October 24, 2009 Readers of this blog know that I am an advocate for the appropriate and effective use of technology in our personal lives and in our schools. I am not a Luddite. Nevertheless, I also share the conviction that technology, like many good things
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker September 07, 2009 One of the mistakes we are prone to make when challenged by parents, staff, or board members is to become defensive. This is an unfortunate tendency of fallen humans dating back to the Garden of Eden. Our sinful pride and our fragile self-images
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker August 08, 2009 Here is the hard and sad truth: over the last several decades Christian schools have invested tens of thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars on staff training programs and conferences with little sustained impact. Despite all of the research, despite
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker August 08, 2009 This is a follow-up article to “How to Deal Effectively with Conflict and Difficult People.” One of my favorite movies is Star Wars. It has a compelling story, good actors, and excellent special effects. My favorite character in Star Wars is not the
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker August 08, 2009 The following is an excellent book review of Schools as Communities: Educational Leadership, Relationships, and the Eternal Value of Christian Schooling. This is a book that you should seriously consider reading. (Disclaimer: I am a contributing author.) The review was published in The
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker August 08, 2009 I stumbled upon a great site (Tiplet) that provides useful technical “How To” advice for laymen and techies alike. One of the articles explains how to test your broadband speed. If you pay for internet service at home, you will want to periodically
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker July 31, 2009 I have a confession to make. I can be a workaholic. I am not as bad as depicted in this picture, but I have caught myself checking emails on my iPhone in less than appropriate places. Work is good. God gave man work
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker May 30, 2009 New training course provides inexpensive, flexible professional development that boosts teachers’ enthusiasm for life-on-life influence. We are Christian educators because in our hearts we know that it changes lives and can ultimately change the culture. It is in this spirit that I want