March 31st 2011
In following David Dodgson‘s idea, that I discovered via Naomi Epstein‘s tweet, I “CLOUDED” my website and discovered some very interesting insights. To begin with, I didn’t get the results that I expected. What does it tell you about the content of your writing? I find it interesting that the most repeated words in my [...]
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March 28th 2011
3 Experiences and What I Learned 1. Mentoring new teachers provides amazing opportunities for self-reflection. As a full-release mentor in my district, I wear two distinct hats – mentor and evaluator … yet n’er the two shall meet. When I mentor, I observe and conference to provide data that can guide our conferences toward growth [...]
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March 22nd 2011
Goal 24: Support Character Development “The unfinished character of human beings and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity.” ~Paulo Freire How often have you seen people serving others with kindness? I am reminded of the insurance commercial that shows people doing kind things for others simply because they witnessed [...]
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March 21st 2011
Goal 23: Integrate Technology Effectively “The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but because of an expanding concept of what it means to be human.” ~ John Naisbitt Our school district recently adopted the Danielson teacher evaluation rubric as a means of assessing effective teaching with a focus [...]
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March 19th 2011
Goal 22: Be a Mentor or Find a Mentor “The power we have through networking is humbling, frightening, and exciting. Use it well.” ~ Ruth Cohenson, @tearoof Andy Stanley once described mentoring as “duplicating yourself.” As a mentor, I don’t wish to create “mini-Me’s,” but I do wish to share everything I know in an [...]
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March 14th 2011
Goal 21: Encouraging Creativity in the Classroom Our quote for this goal really does a good job introducing the concept of creativity in our classroom for students … “Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ~ Scott Adams Sir Ken Robinson said that we can’t be creative unless [...]
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March 12th 2011
Goal 20: Share Your Resources! “It is no longer enough to do powerful work if no one sees it.” ~ Chris Lehmman Today, Shelly Terrell encourages us to have confidence in ourselves as teachers. We are subject matter experts, and we are all great at something. So, we have resources we can share with others [...]
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March 9th 2011
Goal 19: Avoid Burn-Out “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher First, I would like to apologize for getting behind in our goals. SO … how appropriate is it that our next goal is to “avoid [...]
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March 7th 2011
Goal 18: Share A Story With this goal, we are encouraged to share our story of how we have loved to learn in new, innovative ways. So this is my story … While reading an NBPTS brief, I stumbled upon a blogger, Coach G., and how he handled a simple classroom management issue. It was [...]
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March 5th 2011
Goal 17: Help Them Shine! Anecdote by David Warr ([ http://twitter.com/davidwarr ]@DavidWarr)- “When I was with Gladstone, I felt I was with the most intelligent person in the world, but when I was with Disraeli, I felt I was the most intelligent person in the world.” I must admit. It took me a while to understand [...]
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