Top 10 Quotes by Douglas B. Reeves

Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.

Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.

Teamwork, Practice, Skills

Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.50, ASCD

Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good.

Douglas B. Reeves

Regulation, Adherence, Blind

Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they see the results, and then they believe that it is the right thing to do....implementation precedes buy-in; it does not follow it.

Douglas B. Reeves

Believe, People, Doe

Vision without implementation is counterproductive.

Douglas B. Reeves

Vision, Counterproductive, Implementation

Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.57, ASCD

In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students.

Douglas B. Reeves

Students, Classroom, Feedback

Douglas B. Reeves (2009). “Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results”, p.99, ASCD

For teachers, getting annual test scores several months after taking the test and in most cases long after the students have departed for the summer sends a message: Here's the data that would have helped you improve your teaching based on the needs of these students if you would have had it in time, but since it's late and there's nothing you can do about it, we'll just release it to the newspapers so they can editorialize again about how bad our schools are.

Douglas B. Reeves

Summer, Teacher, Teaching