a personal blog on leadership and education
I think that most people in the field of education have heard the word “equity” in their daily practice. While many have heard it, many still do not understand it. This picture is one that many have seen. It brings to light what equity stands for day-in and day-out in our profession. Providing supports for…
This is an excellent idea. I am so going to spend some time over the summer and plan a couple of lessons like this. Great idea.
So I was reading this morning and came across this article. Literacy is important for all students. It opens doors for children and it opens them wide. We are teachers who teach kids. We DO NOT teach subjects. “I am a band teacher!” WRONG! You are a teacher of children, not a teacher of a…
Ten years in the classroom is now approaching. Last year I got adventurous with my professional goals and decided to link using Facebook as one of my goals. At first, I was scared about going down that road and so were many others, but it worked out just fine. This year I may have gone…
Some teachers say they use rubrics for everything and they do. Some of those rubrics that I have seen that they use are horrible and just thrown together without taking the learner into consideration nor do they even define the proficient level for each student. Here is a post from ASCD about creating rubrics and…
Self-Paced Professional Development Here are some options for self-paced, learn-when-you-can professional development. Your district will not hand you these options, but I encourage you to seek them out. iTunesU iTunesU is an iPad-based repository of courses, lectures, and resources for teachers and students. The content can be accessed exclusively on the iPad, and the material…
We put a great deal of emphasis on that our schools are failing and that our kids are not learning in schools today. It is true, the American education system is in a triage situation and needs to have attention placed the critical needs. Many parents and teachers are concerned with the fact that students…
When I attend conferences, I often find myself asking the question of other educators “What do you teach?” Now when I ask this question I am never really looking for a particular answer and to be quite honest I should rephrase the question. For me personally, when I am asked this question I always respond…
Flipping the classroom has become a large passion of mine. It is one of my ongoing professional goals to implement next year. I have to agree with these four bullet points. Poor video lectures are worse than the live version of the same lecture. They need to be engaging. Video lectures lead to less engaged…