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Just attended the 1-day pre-conference with Thomas Guskey, Evaluating Professional Development. He was working through the strategies that educators and administrators need to use to effectively evaluate professional development. He went through each of the 10 components of professional development (see the list below). For each one, he told stories about the “best” and the…
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I think what we should most strive for in any comprehensive and effective model of supervision and evaluation is to move teachers into a more reflective state of mind. In his book, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life, Parker Palmer writes about teaching through a reflective voice. For me,…
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As a former Upper School (grades 9 through 12) Division Director, I usually struggled with the way schools promoted students who were extroverts in exclusion of students who were introverts. I believed there were issues underlying my observations, but I really couldn’t put my thoughts into words. I just knew I was uncomfortable. I think…
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I watched this Edutopia video this morning about how Albano Berberi overcomes obstacles through the use of technology and his own ingenuity. Isn’t this a tribute to the human spirit and the capacity people have to reach their goals? Albano may seem like a special person, but I can imagine he is driven by his…
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If you watched 60 Minutes last night, then you saw the segment on the explosion of Khan Academy on the education scene. (See the story at Khan Academy: The Future of Education?) I have been following Khan Academy’s progress over the past 8-12 months. It is definitely a creative and interesting internet platform for helping…
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