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jeffery heil

A Focus on Learning Rather Than Testing | FutureReady | The North Carolina New Schools ... - 0 views

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shared by jeffery heil on 05 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • One theme that has already emerged is the prevalence of trust that schools and their faculties will do what is in the best interest of students.
  • “We train the people and then leave it to them. The focus is on teacher professionalism. We talk about central steering, not central control.”
  • Key decisions, such as class size and textbook selection, are locally controlled.
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  • a national policy exists that requires schools to avoid ability grouping of students in what was described as preventing a “dead-end education for students.”
  • Teachers generally teach approximately 19 hours per week. The balance of their time is focused on working with their colleagues, reaching out to families and other duties
  • 96% of teachers are unionized
  • High levels of teacher education and preparation allow them to be more independent in the classroom.
  • Broad commitment to the vision of a knowledge-based society.
  • Educational equality
  • Education is free of charge to all, including books, meals, transportation and health care
  • “Our secret is investing in early intervention so that students don’t need it later.”
  • Sweden and Norway spend less on the front end and more later in remediation.
  • The principal works as a pedagogical director.
  • A culture of trust in which no school inspectors or national exams exist.
Sherilyn Crawford

A Novel Approach to Feelings: Using Literary Characters to Teach Emotional Intelligence... - 0 views

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shared by Sherilyn Crawford on 11 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Sherilyn Crawford on 11 Oct 11
     
    How to incorporate emotional literacy into your classroom through reading and analyzing books with students
Sherilyn Crawford

5 Traits of the 21st Century Teacher - 0 views

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shared by Sherilyn Crawford on 13 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Driven to Learn
  • A Media Creation Expert
  • A Digital Navigator
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  • An Empathetic Mentor
  • A Technology Harmonizer
  • It is no longer acceptable to teach only from a textbook, to rely on the same worksheets an methods year after year without at least questioning them and researching why they are the best resource available.  
  •  Powerpoint and Word are becoming antiquated as newer and more powerful presentation and editing suites become available to teachers.
  • This means having social media accounts and understanding how they are used, even if you don’t use them specifically for learning.
  • This student-centered focus also creates learning opportunities for the teacher to learn with students, developing their teaching and collaborative skills
  • One of the keys here is that we work at making the technology work (in the best way we can) so the lesson becomes about the learning instead of the management of machines.
jeffery heil

The Three New Pillars of 21st Century Learning | District Administration Magazine - 1 views

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shared by jeffery heil on 23 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • The textbook, The lecturer and the classroom are three pillars of modern-day schooling that date back hundreds of years.
  • There’s just one catch – these problems don’t exist anymore. In the 21st Century, the Internet has ushered in an online learning environment where information is abundant, teachers are plentiful and learning is global.
  • To put it simply – we need new pillars for learning.
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  • Pillar #1: “I’m only one of my students’ teachers, but I’m the most important because I teach them to connect to all the others.” Implication area: Instruction
  • Pillar #2: “My students should learn from me how to learn without me.” Implication area: Curriculum
  • Pillar #3: “My students’ knowledge lies not only in their minds but in their networks.” Implication area: Assessment
Sherilyn Crawford

Educational reform: Standardized tests not the way to inspire learning | OregonLive.com - 0 views

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shared by Sherilyn Crawford on 30 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Sherilyn Crawford on 30 Nov 11
     
    Very interesting opinion piece on standardized testing and ed reform by an Oregon teacher
Sherilyn Crawford

Education Week: How Many Decades Before 'Reform' Becomes 'Status Quo'? - 0 views

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shared by Sherilyn Crawford on 01 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Sherilyn Crawford on 01 Dec 11
     
    Good article about how the reform movements throughout the last few decades are the same thing in different forms and that nothing has really changed.
Sherilyn Crawford

MinnPost - Carol Johnson's three big lessons on school reform - 1 views

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shared by Sherilyn Crawford on 12 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Sherilyn Crawford on 12 Nov 11
     
    Great article on three issues with school reform
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