In their book Innovation, Curtis Carlson and William Wilmot talk about the difficulty many organizations have with adapting to change. They point out, “A fundamental reason for this failure…to keep up is that they are, by definition, built to fight the last war. . . . They have well-defined organizations and processes designed to achieve those earlier objectives, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Staff development'
Do our systems support our goals?
March 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Change, Collaboration, Staff development
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Keeping it real
January 18th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Staff development, Teacher Learner
Quite a bit of conversation has been circulating around the blogosphere lately about personal learning networks and how to move them into the professional practice of teachers. Scott Schwister pushed at that idea in a “must read” recent post, asking “How do we show the learning that happens through personal learning networks?” He concludes by [...]
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Staff development that makes a difference
October 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Staff development, Teacher Learner
I’ve had staff development on the mind lately. In his post “Why Staff Meetings Matter”, Chris Lehmann writes that “a faculty is greater than the sum of its parts.” He goes on to say: “That’s why it’s important to read articles together, build wikis together, agree on school policies together. That’s why it’s important to [...]
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Beginning anew. . . again
August 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Staff development, Teacher Learner, Web 2.0
In keeping with the theme of staff development, I thought it’d be a good time to look back at Ken Pruitt’s three questions for school districts, which Scott McLeod highlighted on his blog in July. I’ll take the liberty of re-posting his questions here: What are the 21st century skills we want our teachers to [...]
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What motivates you?
August 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Leadership, Staff development, Teacher Learner
School started in earnest for me on Friday, and I’ve felt a little dispirited. On the one hand, I have learned so much this summer that I am enthused and eager about implementing. But the tasks at hand right now aren’t necessarily those that will even get me there, but things I have to get [...]
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Uncharted territory
May 28th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Staff development, Teacher Learner, Web 2.0
School ended on Saturday(a makeup ice day)though I am working for a couple more weeks, teaching workshops, etc. So I’ve been a bit quiet due to the rush of end of school, library, and family events, but also just needing some time to back off and reflect. There’s a lot to process about the last year, [...]
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Learning connections
April 3rd, 2007 · No Comments · Staff development
Our technology and staff development committees are moving toward some good synergy and I’m excited about how the ideas from the two committees are coming together. Next year we’ll have some extra time during the week for teachers to work together, be in a study group, take technology classes, etc. so this planning will hopefully make those experiences more [...]
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