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Critique of Servant Leadership - 0 views

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jhu service leadership servantleadership

shared by Michelle Krill on 24 Jul 09 - Cached

Michelle Krill on 24 Jul 09

A critical difference here is that serving people, for a servant, is an end in itself, not a way to achieve other goals. It should be noted that this critique of servant leadership is based on a total separation of leadership and management

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The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM): A Model for Change in Individuals - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 14 Aug 09 - Cached

Michelle Krill on 14 Aug 09

Another framework that has implications for the practices of professional development acknowledges that learning brings change, and supporting people in change is critical for learning to "take hold." One model for change in individuals, the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, applies to anyone experiencing change, that is, policy makers, teachers, parents, students

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Another framework that has implications for the practices of professional development acknowledges that learning brings change, and supporting people in change is critical for learning to "take hold." One model for change in individuals, the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, applies to anyone experiencing change, that is, policy makers, teachers, parents, students </div>

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Why do we need to collaboratively examine student work? - 0 views

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principal leadership studentwork data O&A

shared by Michelle Krill on 20 Mar 10 - No Cached

It is also important that teachers articulate vertically to make sure their instructional program is aligned and increases rigor as the students advance grades.
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Teams of teachers must regularly meet to examine student work and reach consensus on what proficient performance looks like at their grade level.
- Michelle Krill on 20 Mar 10
  
  One of our buildings is using Team Tuesdays. The first Tuesday is to be talk about lesson planning, another is about Learning Focused Schools implementation, another is about student work and the fourth is about data analysis. At times, a school support person attends too (literacy coach, instructional support teacher, me).
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">One of our buildings is using Team Tuesdays. The first Tuesday is to be talk about lesson planning, another is about Learning Focused Schools implementation, another is about student work and the fourth is about data analysis. At times, a school support person attends too (literacy coach, instructional support teacher, me).</div>
  
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Drastically reduce the routine of meetings, reports and other administrative activities that take time and energy away from these essential dialogues
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Michelle Krill on 20 Mar 10

"Principals play a critical role in setting the expectation that planning and examining student work and performance data should be an ongoing, collaborative process."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Principals play a critical role in setting the expectation that planning and examining student work and performance data should be an ongoing, collaborative process."</div>

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Test Today, Privatize Tomorrow - 0 views

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kohn NCLB standards critical

shared by Michelle Krill on 28 Aug 09 - Cached

But the word reform is particularly slippery and tendentious.
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The clarity of language be damned: They come to bury a given institution rather than to improve it, but they describe their mission as “reform.”
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It’s a very clever gambit, you have to admit. Either you’re in favor of privatization or else you are inexplicably satisfied with mediocrity.
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there’s plenty of room for dissatisfaction with the current state of our schools. An awful lot is wrong with them: the way conformity is valued over curiosity and enforced with rewards and punishments, the way children are compelled to compete against one another, the way curriculum so often privileges skills over meaning, the way students are prevented from designing their own learning, the way instruction and assessment are increasingly standardized, the way different avenues of study are rarely integrated, the way educators are systematically deskilled .
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To that extent, even if privatization worked exactly the way it was supposed to, we shouldn’t expect any of the defects I’ve just listed to be corrected.
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Making schools resemble businesses often results in a kind of pedagogy that’s not merely conservative but reactionary, turning back the clock on the few changes that have managed to infiltrate and improve classrooms.
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ut an attack on schooling as we know it is generally grounded in politics rather than pedagogy, and is most energetically advanced by those who despise not just public schools but all public institutions.
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Michelle Krill on 28 Aug 09

Using Accountability to "Reform" Public Schools to Death

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Michelle Krill on 28 Aug 09

The term reform means different things to different people. It would be important that all stakeholders have the same idea about needed "reforms".

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Critical Reflection - 0 views

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jhu_iste reflection week2

shared by Michelle Krill on 09 Jun 09 - Cached

Of the eleven variables listed above, number 7 -Interpersonal Environment, may hold the most promise for encouraging reflection. 
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Journal Writing and Adult Learning. ERIC Digest - 0 views

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journals reflection elearning

shared by Michelle Krill on 09 Jun 09 - Cached

journal writing is closest to natural speech, and writing can flow without self-consciousness or inhibition. It reveals thought processes and mental habits, it aids memory, and it provides a context for healing and growth.
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Journals are tools for growth through critical reflection, for it is not enough to observe and record experiences, but "equally important is the ability to make meaning out of what is expressed"
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The journal becomes another text on which to reflect, but it is a text written in the learner's authentic voice, and this personal engagement adds a necessary affective element to the learning process.
- Michelle Krill on 11 Jun 09
  
  As I read these readings, I relate all the information to students in the classroom. Writing for reflection and to learn more about learning is often overlooked in classrooms.
  
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Holt concluded that either the guiding questions they were given did not motivate reflection or they did not know how to write reflectively.
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Michelle Krill on 09 Jun 09

This digest focuses on several types of journals, exploring their value in assisting adults through their learning journey and summarizing advice from the literature on effective ways to use journals.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This digest focuses on several types of journals, exploring their value in assisting adults through their learning journey and summarizing advice from the literature on effective ways to use journals.</div>

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Critical Issue: Integrating Standards into the Curriculum - 0 views

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curriculum framework

shared by Michelle Krill on 09 Feb 10 - Cached

Michelle Krill on 09 Feb 10

"ISSUE: Many educators and advisory groups emphasize high standards as an important factor in improving the quality of education for all students. As a result, schools and districts are looking at ways to develop a high-quality curriculum that is based on standards. An important starting point for this effort is a carefully thought-out curriculum framework that reflects the standards and goals for which the education community is willing to be held accountable. Developing a standards-based curriculum requires changes in the way teachers teach and schools are run, so care must be taken to build capacity for all educators and to provide adequate time for implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the curriculum. The curriculum-development process also should provide opportunities for reflection and revision so that the curriculum is updated and improved on a regular basis. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"ISSUE: Many educators and advisory groups emphasize high standards as an important factor in improving the quality of education for all students. As a result, schools and districts are looking at ways to develop a high-quality curriculum that is based on standards. An important starting point for this effort is a carefully thought-out curriculum framework that reflects the standards and goals for which the education community is willing to be held accountable. Developing a standards-based curriculum requires changes in the way teachers teach and schools are run, so care must be taken to build capacity for all educators and to provide adequate time for implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the curriculum. The curriculum-development process also should provide opportunities for reflection and revision so that the curriculum is updated and improved on a regular basis. "</div>

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