This month,  Kyoshi John Lynn shares with us 101 Tips to Grow Your School. These are the same principles that he uses in his schools everyday. The key to your success will be to take action everyday. Remember “the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step”. Here are the first of the 101 steps.

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· Give awesome, high energy classes
· Have an achievement patch programme
· Do not let an untrained person answer your phone
· Have a great curriculum
· Students must train 2 classes per week
· Have systems for everything
· Make sure all stu­dents are progressing
· Send “Miss You” cards when students are not in class
· Use your systems
· Have monthly tip / progress checks
· Have monthly student agreements
· Teach all your staff the systems
· Have a “Disney” dojo
· Do great intro classes
· Have an instructor training programme
· Teach “Values and Benefits” after every drills
· Be enthusiastic
· Use stickers to raise the energy in class
· Be punctual
· Care about each and every student
· Use a great lesson plan
· Teach character education and life-skills
· Have regular staff meetings
· Have regular events
· Be punctual
· Have regular staff training