1. Donna I.S.D.
What does it take to win?

2. Our Goals
• Instill a sense of URGENCY
• Motivate Everyone
• Bring US all together as a TEAM
• WIN!!!

4. Losing
• Do you like to be on a losing team?
• I don’t
• Donna I.S.D. is not a losing team
• So what do we have to do to Win?

5. • “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence
then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Aristotle

6. • “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger
or faster man. Sooner or later the man who
wins is the man who thinks he can.”
– Vince Lombardi

7. Donna I.S.D.
• This is the last year we only have the Redskin
team; therefore we will use the football
theme.
• Central Office are the Coaches
• Principals are the quarterbacks
• Teachers are the Receivers etc…

9. TEAM Work
• We Donna I.S.D., custodians, cafeteria
workers, transportation, maintenance,
paraprofessionals, teachers, librarians,
principals, central office EVERYONE Needs to
work together as a TEAM, otherwise we too
will be destroyed

11. Excuses are Unacceptable
• What is done is done
• No MORE EXCUSES (those died)
• To be a Star we must put in a STAAR effort
• We want the valley to know who Donna I.S.D.
is Forever!
• It is NOT acceptable that we are one of the
school districts that did NOT meet AYP
• We should have been one of the 3 who did

13. Make the Play
• Unlike the coach you just saw; Donna I.S.D. has
NEVER said, “You do things, MY way!”
• Coaches call the plays but once the play begins
the quarterback has the responsibility to make
those split second decisions on how to execute
that play
• Donna ISD has called the Early Exit Model play
• You decide how to execute; using guidelines
• Make the decisions based on YOUR students
• Elementary campuses PLEASE keep in mind junior
highs; send students prepared; reading on level
and in English

15. Donna I.S.D. Has NO Quitters
• To succeed you must fail
• Ladies and Gentlemen we have failed
• Are we going to quit?
• Or have the HEART & Determination Rudy had?
• Prove to yourself that you can lead a successful
campus
• Believe in yourselves; believe in your staff &
students

17. We Fight
• STAAR, AYP (STATE & Federal Accountability)
the biggest battle of our professional lives
• Either we work as a team or we crumble as
individuals
• We fight for every inch
• We fight for every student to be successful
• We make sacrifices
• We REACH Success

19. Facing the Giants
• In our profession we are facing the giants
• You have been gifted with the ability of
leadership
• If you show your staff that you have been
defeated; they too will feel defeated
• You are the Most influential person on your
campus; it can either be negative or positive…..
• Don’t say you can’t do it, because you CAN
• Don’t Quit
• You give Donna I.S.D your Very BEST!

20. 2012 Last Year of the Redskins
• WE are Donna I.S.D.
• Let’s play like Champions
• Let’s play like if it is our Señior year and make it
memorable for our students and staff
• How bad do you want success? Great moments
are born from great opportunities; this is yours
• Take ownership; make decisions; use data
• Don’t blame anyone; YOU are the leader
• Impossible is NOTHING
• Let’s go beat that AYP, STAAR, Telpas, EOC etc..

21. • We ARE Donna I.S.D.!
• And GO FIGHT WIN REDSKINS!!!!!