What a hospital CEO learned as principal for a day

by Raymond Hino I have written in the past about my passion for spending time in each of my hospital's departments, getting to know the inner workings of our organization and the key roles eac team member contributes. I like to spend the entire day in the departments and I often refer to these days as "Adopt a CEO." Each time I come away with a greater appreciation for every member of our team. It was for that reason I recently jumped at the chance to take part in an innovative program, created by our Local Unified School District, in which I became "Principal for a Day" at a local elementary school. Now I have to admit, for starters, I have not stepped foot in an elementary school since my own grade school days sometime back when we used to "walk 10 miles in the snow to get to school in borrowed shoes!" Well, not really, but it was a long time ago. I was certainly amazed to see kids today are learning faster than we ever did. They are typing on iPads and computers while still learning to spell! I also learned children in the 6th grade are learning the same things we learned when we were in the 9th grade. But there also is a dark side to the kids of today learning on computers and video games. The school's speech counselor told me the number of children with speech disorders is growing dramatically because children don't practice their speaking skills at home as much anymore. As a healthcare professional this piqued my interest. And I was astounded to learn of...
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