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If you engage in project-based learning (#pbl) and want to learn what one language arts middle school teacher does to integrate common core into her projects, read this piece on Edutopia’s website, How to Design Projects Around the Common Core. Here is how the author, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, describes what she does integrate the common core into her…
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In his article, 21st Century Talent Spotting, Claudio Fernandez-Araoz writes about the idea that “potential trumps brains, experience, and competencies.” At the beginning of the article, he tells the story of two executive searches he led. The first one, a highly trained, experienced, proven corporate leader was hired to take the helm of a company…
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Reading an @ASCD published book, Engaging Teachers in Classroom Walkthroughs, by Donald S. Kachur, Judith Stout, and Claudia Edwards. As I prepare to work with local Atlanta educational leaders on developing a classroom walkthrough process in their schools, I’m using this piece to build the case. This book lays out a compelling, research-based rationale for…
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I read a great book last year, Coaching Matters, by Joellen Killion, et.al. If you want a primer, read a recent article, Teacher-Coach Relationships, in Tools for Learning Schools by the same authors. The excerpt from the book gives you a feeling for what you will learn. Here is a quote: To have a productive…
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The prospects for job growth in Georgia are positive for the near future (State of the Industry 2013 – High-Tech Employment Growth, Georgia and U.S. 2008-2012). In 2010, jobs requiring a BA degree or higher were held by about 20.0 percent of Georgia’s workforce, or about 826,000 workers. By 2020, this demographic group is expected…
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