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The Need for Innovative Leadership | Connected Principals - 0 views

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  • Blair Peterson on 20 Dec 12
     
    "So as we move forward we have to truly be open in our practice, share the process, and be comfortable with the mistakes that we will make along the journey.  We have to not only give permission for things to not work perfectly, we have to push and encourage our teachers to go out of their comfort zones to improve student learning based on the needs of today's learner."
Blair Peterson

Suzie Boss: How Are We Preparing Students to Be Tomorrow's Innovators? - 0 views

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  • Such projects typically involve serious academic study along with real-world problem solving, introducing students to a process for innovation that they can use again and again.
  • How do you encourage--or discourage--innovative thinking among your staff? Who are your own role-models for innovation?
  • How do you foster a fail-fast, risk-taking attitude among your staff (and among your students)?
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  • They use their networks to expand opportunities for students, too.
  • As a school leader, do you model how to use networks effectively? Do you encourage teachers to leverage their connections to create new opportunities for students?
Blair Peterson

How Schools Can Teach Innovation - WSJ.com - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 14 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • students must learn to analyze and solve problems, collaborate, persevere, take calculated risks and learn from failure.
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      Blair Peterson on 15 Apr 12
       
      What about substitute the learner profile?
  • In most high-school and college classes, failure is penalized.
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  • Google's director of talent, Judy Gilbert, told me that the most important thing educators can do to prepare students for work in companies like hers is to teach them that problems can never be understood or solved in the context of a single academic discipline.
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      Blair Peterson on 15 Apr 12
       
      This is the future for schools. Integrated science seems like a small step.
  • Teachers need professional development to learn how to create hands-on, project-based, interdisciplinary courses.
  • Blair Peterson on 14 Apr 12
     
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