According to many definitions of good teaching, I don’t qualify:
I don’t clearly state objectives
If I do state them, they are as fuzzy as all get out
I have a hard time measuring student progress
My course syllabus changes almost daily
I never use tests
I constantly stray off topic
I do constantly question whether or not I need to be more structured. Do I need to be able to define my outcomes more succinctly than this?
Students will learn that:
Learning is social and connected
Learning is personal and self-directed
Learning is shared and transparent
Learning is rich in content and diversity
I do provide rubrics, build criteria together, emphasis and utilize descriptive feedback. Providing supports and the odd insight best describes my role. I’m of total confidence they are learning. Just read their blogs.
I’ve read, listen and thought more about assessment than most and yet it still baffles me. Mostly because the kind of assessment that makes most sense (immediate and descriptive feedback) isn’t really valued in schools.
PETITION TO THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMISSION (CPUC)
. Recognize that the Hopi and Navajo tribes from 1970 to 2005 were consistently under-compensated for thousands of tons of coal and over 45 billion gallons of precious aquifer water to power the Mohave Generating Station (Mohave) to provide Southern California with lower cost electricity.
Such compensation should be drawn from the proposed sale of Edison's share of Sulfur Dioxide allowances credited to owners of Mohave for cutting 40,000 tons of toxic gas produced by Mohave prior to its closure in 2005.
3. Support a proposal by CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, Inc. (CARE) to use some of the sale proceeds to establish a permanent community trust fund for Hopi and Navajo communities on Black Mesa
safeguarding the lands and waters of Black Mesa
The plant will be built on tribal land and will be owned and operated by an electric cooperative composed of Hopi and Navajo grassroots people. It will generate 300 permanent jobs, construction jobs and generate an annual income of over $7 million.