Archive for November 2011
Courses for Success
November 29, 2011 | 
Author To succeed in business means to struggle, therefore when a target is not reached as hoped, an employer and his employees must not give up. Working in sales or as a salesperson is never easy. Dealing with negativity, for one, is part of the daily activities. To create a professional working environment, one must never surrender to the negativity, instead work hard to tackle it with a comprehensive strategy. To further widen salespeople’s knowledge, an employer can organize sales courses for his employees. A telephone conversation or a face-to-face meeting that leads to a sale is the target of the entire sales business. The courses will educate employees deeper through the strategies, manners, and techniques to make a good sale and reach the company’s target.
Complementing the skills of selling, computer literacy is highly necessary in any industry today. Computer training courses can also be added to the employees’ activities to increase performance and create opportunities to grow within the company. Employees with a complete knowledge of sales techniques and computers will lead to quicker result and much more effective and efficient use of office tools. Courses are also important to remind employees to keep an open mind and the spirit of teamwork and high motivation.
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Indianapolis Schools
Indianapolis Schools make up the state’s largest school district. Recently Indianapolis Schools have been the focus of a reform package designed to target struggling schools in the state. Due to its immense size, the superintendent has implemented strict reforms that can control and equalize the pacing of individual Indianapolis Schools. However, this most recent motion to tack on an extra 25 days at the end of the year has been met with opposition from all sides.
The Indianapolis Public Schools Teachers Union has expressed displeasure at this development. The extra school days would apply to only four Indianapolis Schools that are believed to be in jeopardy. The progress of each Indianapolis School has been tracked in accordance to the No Child Left Behind Act, which requires annual evidence of improvement.
If no evidence is produced then, according to the act, the schools must be shut down. The progress of the four Indianapolis Schools did not reach necessary
standards. In a last ditch attempt to save these schools the superintendent hastily produced an unpopular extension of the school year.
Teachers were informed that they would be required to work the extra days or transfer to different Indianapolis Schools. Because of the time constraints, many teachers feel that the situation was handled poorly and that the information dispensed too late. The extra days, scheduled to begin July 23, would sabotage many summer plans for the teachers in these Indianapolis Schools. Overall there is a general consensus that the situation had been poorly and thoughtlessly handled by the school boards.
This is not the first sweeping reform to target Indianapolis Schools. In the past, the superintendent has advocated standardized tests and restricted teaching methods. These programs were completed in keeping with the standards reform that continues to invade districts across the nation. Teachers in these Indianapolis Schools compliedwith both constraints and reforms in action if not enthusiasm.
But this most recent dictate has many teachers complaining loudly. The Indianapolis Public School Teachers Union has appealed their case to a state board. They hope that the ruling will favor elimination of the extra school days proposal. Indianapolis Schools may be struggling, but teachers feel that something should have been done sooner to reverse the pattern of failure. Teachers feel that time is running and have asked that their case be moved to top priority. A decision must be made before the start date of extra days begins on July 23.
Aside from the reaction of the teachers, Indianapolis Schools saw the effect this decision would have on students and parents. Since the extra days would benefit struggling students, parents were able to see the positive aspects of this initiative. Many parents viewed the extended school year as a small inconvenience in exchange for the survival of theirIndianapolis Schools. Yet other working parents expressed relief at having somewhere structured for children to go over the summer. All sides agree that Indianapolis Schools need to address similar issues before they occur to prevent another similar fiasco.