Crack the code when fast-tracking promotion the Positive Schools' way

Lionel Cranenburgh

By Lionel Cranenburgh
Community contribution / March 21, 2016

Lionel Cranenburgh shares research that will form part of his presentation at the 2016 Positive Schools Conference in Perth where he will present along with other 2015 winners from Australia. Cranenburgh’s model of combining Positive Behaviours in Schools with career development provides a unique world-first model. He hopes that readers will provide feedback on this article for him to use at the conference. The article could benefit those unable to attend the two-day national conference.

Fast-tracking promotion in teaching where ‘slow and steady’ is the norm seems like an anomaly.

However, for the first ...

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