Archive 2020
Functionality-to-performance sequencing language.
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Functionality before performance
Performance interventions only stick when the underlying operating routines are functional first.
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The EMU position is procedural before promotional: schools and districts must first become reliably functional before they can be expected to sustain elevated performance.
That sequence keeps leadership teams from mistaking activity for improvement, and it aligns implementation review with observable output and impact rather than intent alone.
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EMU methodology doctrine
Five-stage Quality Improvement cycle framing.
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