Month: April 2015

I love teaching and teachers. This movement for young educators is one of my favorite things. I love what you have started here. I began teaching in 2004 at the age of 21, and even then there was so much negativity towards going into teaching. For me, though, it was …

Accountability in professional learning isn’t about requiring things. It is about making sure the learning is owned by the professional (the teachers, the leaders, etc.). I really appreciate this approach to Personalized PD from a school leader perspective. This is something that we are starting to work on as an approach …

Sometimes, in our rush to provide everyone with a better learning experience, we gloss over the opportunities that currently exist for great learning that can happen both because of and in spite of current learning environments. I am somewhat divided on the topic of AP classes, as the ones I took in …

The Stephen Johnson work I am describing is partly here. I believe deeply in expanding what is possible for our own learning and the learning of others. This is the entire point for me: conferences can “give me the time and space to try new things and to discuss new …

A principal that is making some really great moves: This post is brilliant. You are providing so much in the way of student ownership for learning and I really respect the way in which you have laid out the priorities for schools. The one thing that resonated with me most, …

I like this dissection of what makes a great superintendent, but I think the team is just as important as the single person at the helm: I love that you have based this upon research and empathy interviews. I believe that you have looked at many different facets of leadership and …

How can we recognize more biases of our teaching practice: Recognizing your bias against images as text is wonderful and will serve as an important point of reflection. While I too struggle with media as text, I believe that there are so many new types of media that blur the …