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 …
This is awesome! I will be using this in nearly every email from here on out (alright, maybe not EVERY email). The fastest way to include GIFs in your emails write anywhere of the email body ::gif me thegifyouneed and the gif will appear as soon as you stop writing …
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 …
The way that we make writers is to make writing more authentic: I love the way in which you have mixed memes into your writing and brought out the most salient points for others to take and share. I agree with you that we should stop the artificiality of on-demand …
What a wonderful example of shared student work: I love how transparent you are being about your children’s work. By including all of their responses, as well as the analysis you have done upon them, you are allowing us to draw our own conclusions and see them in the context …