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in title, tags, annotations or urlA Principal's Reflections: Defining Student Engagement - 2 views
Future Learning | Mini Documentary | GOOD - YouTube - 0 views
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Students are the future, but what's the future for students? To arm them with the relevant, timeless skills for our rapidly changing world, we need to revolutionize what it means to learn. Education innovators like Dr. Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at MIT; Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy; and Dr. Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at UCSF, are redefining how we engage young minds for a creatively and technologically-advanced future. Which of these educators holds the key for unlocking the learning potential inside every student?
Pitt research takes a new approach to student engagement - Pittsburgh Business Times - 10 views
Learn It From The Expert - 1 views
LMC_March_April_2013_Ferlazzo-p3tzf9.pdf - 4 views
Lilian Katz's Project Approach Handout - 0 views
3 Questions To Guide Your Vision | The Principal of Change - 0 views
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“What will be your fingerprint on this school after you leave?”
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What is the vision for the work that I am doing and how am I making that vision come true?
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We can easily say things like “I want students to be engaged”, but what does that really mean and look like.
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Positive Leadership: Success Without Collateral Damage | INSEAD Knowledge - 0 views
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"You don’t lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership.” – Dwight Eisenhower
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But to get that success, you are beating up your team. You make them feel like they are never good enough.
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Talking with my boss and my team members about the situation was the first step in a long journey to turn my negative, overly-critical style into a leadership approach that would continue to pursue the highest standards of performance – without beating up my team.
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"The Role of the K-12 Parent" Is An Important Education Week Special Report | Engaging Parents In School… - 0 views
Free Technology for Teachers: Every Principal Needs A Blog! - 4 views
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Are you proud of your school? Do you have students who are doing newsworthy things in class and in co-curricular activities? Do you have some great teachers who engage students in ways you never thought of? Would you like to improve communication with parents and the community?
Education Week Teacher: Hybrid Teaching Roles Promote Student Success - 0 views
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a hybrid teacher role as Data Strategist. I was charged with the task of organizing the various data points that, taken collectively, offer useful clues about student achievement, progress, and deficiency. The data lens could zoom out to a schoolwide perspective that might inform staff development planning, narrow to a classroom or grade-level view offering insight on skills requiring remediation, or focus on a single student being considered for referral to the school psychologist for a learning disability.
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There is growing evidence that teacher empowerment as school leaders is linked strongly with teachers' tendency to engage in behaviors that accelerate student growth: soliciting parent involvement, communicating positive expectations, and being willing and able to innovate in the classroom.
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In addition to measurable student impact, teachers that lead schools are better equipped to guide their own professional development, share their expertise, and develop explicit and implicit systems of accountability, while experiencing more respectful, trusting, and professional cultures.
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Cultivating Authenticity in Learning - 2 views
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Schools that confine themselves to a bland curriculum, textbooks, worksheets, or learning activities that do not go beyond the walls of the brick and mortar building are really doing a disservice to their learners.
The Future of Learning-Digital, Mobile, Real-Time - Getting Smart by Guest Author - #blendchat, blended learning, Dreambox, EdTech, elemchat, teacher preparation | Getting Smart - 0 views
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the future of learning and education is becoming easier to predict every day: it’s digital.
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The combination of ubiquitous mobile devices and dramatic improvements in personalized and engaging digital learning experiences has resulted in drastically reduced time-to-market for high-quality, technology-enhanced educational content.
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Alvin Toffler. For a while now, he has talked about the need for speed in learning—and relearning—and the essential skills required for success. He’s said, “the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
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