Systemic Change – What kind of leadership is needed?
Tag archives for Change
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Leading for Powerful Learning
The quotes below are from a book titled: Leading for Powerful Learning: A Guide for Instructional Leaders by Angela Breidenstein, Kevin Fahey, Carl Glickman and Frances Hensley (2012) from Teachers College Press. This is a good book for any and all formal and informal school leaders who 1) want to be part of schools that [...]
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Reflective, Collaborative Dialogue and Action Around Effective Teaching and Learning
If we care about the education of today’s youth it behooves us to take adult learning seriously. We adults can learn our way into the future or we can hold onto the status quo in our classrooms/schools or we can defer to the massive network of sales people promoting a multitude of educational products. I [...]
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The Value of Ignorance
Stuart Firestein, the author of Ignorance: How It Drives Science uses the word ignorance, at least in part, to be intentionally provocative. But let’s take a moment to define the kind of ignorance that Firestein is referring to it, because ignorance as many bad connotations, especially in common usage, and he doesn’t mean any of [...]
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Successful adaptations to change are to be celebrated and appreciated
Transition is a reality in schools and families with children this time of year. A new school year means students move from grade to grade. This time of year, there is a lot of transition going on in the lives of our students. Young people face many new situations: the changes of teachers, the changes [...]
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Effectively improving our thinking together requires developing our skills, dispositions and knowledge
I have been thinking alot about what is takes to help adults develop the skills, dispositions and knowledge to intentionally think interdependently. Below, you will find some of my thoughts. Qualities of Effective Collaborators Actions to Positively Impact your skills Appreciate the nature of adult learning Learn from or revisit the work of [...]
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Questions Related to Pursuing the American Dream
The following information is current and provides food for thought about the current reality of Pursuing the American Dream: Economic Mobility Across Generations (which is the title of the report Written by The Pew Charitable Trusts). I am sharing what follows because questions come to my mind as I think about this data. Americans’ relative [...]
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It is so easy to be impatient
I am a gardener. I spend time with seeds and the dynamics of seeds. I have learned some thing s about seeds. Not all seeds planted will germinate. Not all that germinate will survive. Not all of the eatable food that may be produced will be eaten by humans – ground hogs, deer, rabbits, racoons,etc. [...]
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Here are some resources for studying change and transitions
In these times of fast and dramatic change we can all benefit from developing our knowledge and understanding of change and transitions. Below please find a short bibliography on these topics. Intentional personal/professional growth is always a good investment in yourself. Books on Approaching and Effectively Contributing in Times of Change and Transitions Building The Bridge [...]
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Here is Imformation for Educators and Leaders to Ponder and I HOPE ACT Upon
Are the issues of poverty, the lack of English as a first language and the fact that a student is labeled as a Special Education Student reasons why we, in America have many school systems that are experiencing static or regressive achievement results? Does it matter how educators approach the reality of today’s students? Can [...]
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India and the Aakash ~ A Transformative Time in Indian Education
I have just returned from two weeks in India. We had the good fortune to spend time in many sectors of modern India. We visited a k – 12 school and talked with a the principal and the state commissioner of education. They spoke of the fact that they would be providing every tenth grader [...]
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C = D x V x F > R
If You Are Interested In Organizational Change, You’ll Be Interested In Richard Beckhard’s Famous Equation C = D x V x F > R Change = Dissatisfaction X Vision X First Steps > Resistance C = Change What change do you want for your organization or for yourself? D = Dissatisfaction with Current Situation On [...]
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A Sputnik* Moment
Many Americans are unaware of the young minds around the globe who are competing and will complete with American graduates. As Americans and as educators 0 globalization and technology expertise can not be taken lightly! 1 Zhejiang University 2 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 3 Tsinghua University 4 St. Petersburg State University 5 Nizhny Novgorod State University 6 Saratov State [...]
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Framing our thoughts for the new school year
COLLABORATIVE ENDEVORS > parallel play FORWARD MOTION > being stuck APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY > traditional problem solving CREATE THE FUTURE > status quo OPPORTUNITIES > problems AUDACITY > Accepting Status Quo HOPE > fear STORIES > lectures AN IMPROVED FUTURE > the status quo ADAPTIVE CHANGE > status quo NAMING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM [...]
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Leading Into the Future
Can more of our students be successful? Can schools adapt and change to meet the learning needs and styles of many more students. Can technology be leveraged increase the learning of more of our students? What is the role of school leaders to accomplish this? My reactions to these questions is: Intentionally working through change [...]
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Dr. Larry Rosen ~ Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn
From Discovery Education comes yet another great webinar in their EdTechConnect series featuring Larry D. Rosen, Ph.D. on what parents and educators should expect, socially and academically, from their wired children and adolescents? Virtual attendees include continental United States and Australia. Nice global representation for this hour’s foray into understanding the rewired iGeneration with over [...]
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The DEN at BLC Boston 2010
Thursday’s Keynote speaker at 2010 Building Learning Communities speaker was Dr. Michael Wesch – Asst professor of cultural anthropology and digital ethnography, Kansas State University, Manhatten, KS. Those sitting with me and I thought we didn’t know Wesch. As soon as he appeared we realized he is the creator of the viral video, A Vision [...]
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Transforming Education with Chris Dede
Day two in Waltham began with an air of anticipation for Christopher Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. Today, there has been a shift in the knowledge and skills society values. As we all know, the traditional industrial model no longer serves the majority of the students. [...]
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Diigo 5.0 Buzz!
Image via Wikipedia July 1, 2010 seems to be the new release day. I found this article while trying to Diigo something and the interface looked SO different, so I did some fast clicking and found out why. Since the news is barely 20 hours old (unless you were at #ISTE10), thought I would share [...]
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Sharon Kinney: Hard-Wired to Bounce Back ~ Dealing with At-Risk Students
Beth Breiner is “driving Miss Kinney’s” presentation, Hard-Wired to Bounce Back: Building Resiliency in Our At-Risk Students, so buckle up because we have 2 of the best in the business. Sharon Kinney began her presentation, by explaining that kids who challenge us have brains that behave in a different way. The Pennsylvania Literacy Network has [...]
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Sharon Kinney on SAS: No Longer Shooting Darts in the Dark!
The most difficult decision, after you commit to a conference or workshop, is selecting what you will attend. Often I choose by content courses that will fill a niche need, but sometimes my choices are governed by the presenter. Every time I see Sharon Kinney’s name on anything, I’m in, because I know the session [...]
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Rock YOUR World!
The DEN Spring Virtual Conference 2010 entered into the home stretch with a real bang! Carol Anne McGuire, STAR Discovery Educator and creator of Rock Our World inspired us all to find and keep our joy. Carol Anne has taught for over 20 years in public education, mainly with visually impaired students. Today, she is [...]
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OMG! My wife shaved her hair off!
How is that title for an attention getter? Well, it is absolutely true. My wife of 7 years shaved her beautiful brown hair off. What was she thinking? Mid-life crisis? A new look? Getting a motorcycle?( I wish!) Over the past 2 weeks I have been asked all of the questions I just posed to [...]
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Meg Griffin ~ Leading by Doing
Catching up with Meg Griffin is always a challenge. As our PA DEN Leadership Council President, she is one busy lady, yet she always finds time for the many things in her life that matter. That means I am catching up with blogging our DEN STARS who shined so brightly at our DEN PreCon and [...]
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School 2.0: Creating the Schools We Need ~ Chris Lehmann
Chris Lehmann, Principal of Science Leadership Academy, home of EduCon 2.2, models and advocates Creating the Schools We Need for preparing students for living and working in 21st century. In a short chat with Chris this morning, I told him how I am always so inspired by his work and what we experience at EduCon, [...]
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