Author: Sam Awa

After a rigorous process of recruitment, another important task is to build a team. Although not all members of staff are team players, many school owners would not want their teachers to be involved in the affairs of the school other than their day-to-day teaching. Instead of building a team, they often make a mistake of training a superstar—a successor. Are all your teachers involved? Never train a single superstar teacher. To build a team, you must get everybody involved. I know you may like a particular teacher because he or she is hard-working; has an ownership spirit; gets things done without reminders and you prefer to delegate all responsibility to him or her.

I know it is the   desire of every school owner is to have fantastic parents and a smooth term in every session.  One thing first, you have to sell yourself. In this article, I’ll share with you some tips on how to sell yourself and yourself to your prospective parents (customers). Upgrade yourself. Ensure your parents don’t meet you where they left you. Equip yourself, read books, go for trainings to be knowledgeable about the modern methods of teaching. You can learn through your smart phone. Get a mentor. If you look around, there must be someone you admire. There must be a school you wish yours is like. Get up. Approach the person. Seek for mentorship. Let him or Read more

End of session parties have become part and parcel of school calendar in recent times. In this article, I’ll like to share with some tips and tricks on how to plan for a successful school end of session party. Before Party Make your soft or hard copies of invitation if you need to and share it and get sponsors among your supporting parents. Make a backdrop for your programme. If you don’t want to do it, no problem, at least do the one that you can afford. Have an external sponsor, like your publishers, printers, school tailors, brands that are your friends. Use them as your sponsors. Get their names and logos and fix it up and paste it. Try Read more

End of session party or get together has become a popular event in the school calendar. Both the parents and students always look forward to this period. This is when we buy gifts for the children and parents, just to say thank you for their patronage. What can you give your school parents? I need to be sincere with you. It’s not compulsory to give the parents any gifts but it is part of the extra mile you can go to make them happy and also to announce your school. Getting parents involve in the school activity is not always easy but you need to get them involve by all means. One of the ways you can make your parents Read more

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically to keep an audience’s attention. Entertainment can distract you from the stress-causing factors in your life. Your body releases endorphins when you participate in entertaining activities. This chemical is known to relieve stress and pain. Therefore, entertainment can bring a degree of happiness into your life. It is important to know how to plan for entertainment during school party.