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Jason Finley

Teaming in the Twenty-First Century - HBS Working Knowledge - 1 views

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leadership communication feedback reflection

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  • Jason Finley on 27 Dec 12
     
    "...teaming process that includes a deep recognition among individual players of the interdependency of their roles. This recognition leads naturally to early and consistent communication among formerly separate parties throughout their joint work. Once the task is completed, more communication-this time in the form of reflection and feedback-must take place."
Jason Finley

Bring Nomadic Employees Back to the Mothership - Philip Tidd - Harvard Business Review - 2 views

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innovation school change

shared by Jason Finley on 30 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • By 2015, 1.3 billion people worldwide will be working remotely. That's almost 40% of the entire global workforce.
  • the power of physical place. A good workplace bonds employees to one another in ways that virtual communication cannot replicate.
  • An evolving need for collaborative and private space. The open-plan office promised increased collaboration, economies of space, and cost savings. What it's delivered is a dilemma: visually exciting offices with lots of buzz on the one hand, and on the other, a lack of privacy and quiet.
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  • To function well, an office must provide a healthy mix of spaces — quiet, collaborative, and social.
  • one of the key roles of the new generation of modern executive is to create a more emotionally open, collaborative working environment, then we should be designing physical space that supports that mandate.
  • Generation whY in the workplace.
  • embracing self-customized office space which employees can furnish as they like.
  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 12
     
    Article that makes me question how schools and classrooms are physically designed. This is a direct reflection of how we do what we do. Would you try to play tennis on a beach volleyball court? If we really are going to change the sport we need to change the venue too.
Jason Finley

The 3 Keys To Designing A Business That Learns - 0 views

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innovation leadership

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  • Jason Finley on 22 Oct 12
     
    "...at the structural level, companies need to be constantly reflective, assessing their relevance... And they should expect to constantly change without fear of their own identity--because it's better to be an adaptive (school) than a well-recognized fossil."
  • Jason Finley on 22 Oct 12
     
    "The best way to promote change is to constantly challenge talent. And the only way to do that is to never act like the learning process is done."
  • Jason Finley on 22 Oct 12
     
    "...by all means ask a team to do something new. But right when you do, make sure to call in experts for roundtable lunches to answer questions. People will be less afraid of change if they know it's expected, and if the (school) provides the right resources to enable it. And those old habits? Let them die.
Michael Martin

Proficiency-Based Graduation Requirements (PBGR): ePortfolios - 0 views

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PBGR ePortfolios standards-based RFMeeting reporting reflection

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  • Michael Martin on 20 Mar 12
     
    Dr. Helen Barrett shows how portfolios can be used as reflective work tools and and also to report out on student learning--two different purposes obviously.This is a follow-up to the discussion led by Jean Berthiaume at our Rowland Fellows Meeting this week. Here is her lecture on the topic: http://blip.tv/eportfolios/balancing-the-two-faces-of-eportfolios-3162109
  • Jason Finley on 21 Mar 12
     
    I wonder if there could be some mutual advantages of a high school and a college working together on a framework around ePortfolios?
Jason Finley

29 Things I've Learned as an Administrator…So Far… « ErHead - 3 views

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leadership

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  • Jason Finley on 05 Mar 12
     
    29 Great pieces of wisdom for all educators to reflect on.
Erika Lowe

7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms - 6 views

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innovation technology good teaching education flipped classroom

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  • Erika Lowe on 27 Dec 13
     
    Succinct summary explaining the flipped classroom, advantages, challenges and future implications for education.
  • Jason Finley on 29 Dec 13
     
    Sometimes I wonder if the flipped classroom model could be supplemented by a third piece...maybe a "backflip" of sorts to help them stick the landing? Online lecture then face-to-face instruction followed by one-on-one time.
  • Jason Finley on 29 Dec 13
     
    Used the flipped model a bit back at OVUHS with students in Internships. Gave students readings in an online platform (Moodle) to be read and reflectively journaled using an assigned text-based protocol. Students were asked to connect readings to field experiences. Found that there was a Huge benefit to both students and myself with the time this model gave us to thoughtfully reflect and prepare for our face-to-face time. Instead of students coming to me for gaining knowledge, they came to me to share knowledge gained.
Jason Finley

If Twitter Is Not PD, What Is It? - 0 views

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technology collaboration PD Twitter professional_development

shared by Jason Finley on 05 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Jason Finley on 05 Apr 13
     
    "Technology and social media specifically have provided tools that enable educators to connect, communicate collaborate and create. That ability makes a difference in individuals. It enables reflection and relevance. It is also creating two groups of educators, the connected, and the unconnected. The discussions of the connected seem to be focused on the future and moving toward it. The discussions of the unconnected seem to be steeped in the past with little or very slow-moving forward movement."
Jason Finley

IDEA Innovation Tour Vermont - 3 views

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innovation Rowland

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  • Jason Finley on 06 May 13
     
    "As part of IDEA'’s efforts to foster dynamic conversations around powerful learning, we invite you to join us for an Innovation Tour in Vermont. Thirty participants will spend the day visiting three innovative schools and programs and reflecting on our experiences together." Rowland Fellow Tom Sabo's work at Montpelier High School will be one of the three stops!
Jason Finley

Secret Ingredient for Success - 1 views

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leadership reflection

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  • Jason Finley on 24 Jan 13
     
    "...question every aspect of our approach, including our methodology, biases and deeply held assumptions. This more psychologically nuanced self-examination requires that we honestly challenge our beliefs and summon the courage to act on that information, which may lead to fresh ways of thinking about our lives and our goals."
Jason Finley

Peer Assessment and Metaphorical Fish | Reflections of a Learning Geek - 6 views

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good teaching feedback peer_assessment leadership

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  • Jason Finley on 14 Dec 12
     
    Succinct and useful advice on giving feedback which is "kind, specific, and helpful."  With the point being that you need all three to help students progress and learn from their work. Has implications for administration as well.
  • Jason Finley on 08 Jan 14
     
    Pulling this back out. One of my favorite blog posts about what I feel makes for the best teachers...giving great feedback. "Learning" should not be a one-off event, it should be a process of feedback and improvement.
Jason Finley

Proficiency-based Graduation Expectations - 10 views

Susan, A few years ago Moosalamoo Center at Otter Valley started the process of moving towards narrative report cards. At this same time we were moving to a more heterogeneously mixed group of stud...

Keeping It Real: Authentic Assessment assessment portfolios

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Jason Finley

Posting and Sharing Your Educational Programs and Advances: An Ethical Obliga... - 9 views

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innovation leadership PLC technology PLN Collaboration

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  • Jason Finley on 26 Jan 12
     
    Sharing, and sharing online specifically, is not in addition to the work of being an educator. It is the work." Ewan Mcintosh
  • Jason Finley on 26 Jan 12
     
    "For those who share this common commitment (and really, who among us does not?),there is, I am arguing, a moral responsibility, a strong one, to share our educational initiatives and innovations: to summarize them, share their key elements, show examples of them in practice, and, at best, reflect upon their successes and lack thereof."
  • Jason Finley on 26 Jan 12
     
    "This is also an essential element of educational leadership. Leadership is showing the way to others and making it easier for them to follow, it is empowering others to benefit from your example, take inspiration, and improve upon your advances- to stand on your shoulders."
Jason Finley

Peer Assessment and Metaphorical Fish : Reflections of a Learning Geek - 2 views

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good teaching

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  • Jason Finley on 25 Apr 12
     
    "The best advice that I have ever been given to help me create good quality summative comments when assessing pupils' work came from Darren Mead. He explained that if the comments made are kind, specific and helpful, the pupil will be able to progress to the next level."
Jason Finley

Six Steps to Master Teaching: Becoming a Reflective Practitioner - 2 views

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professional development

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  • Jason Finley on 11 Jan 12
     
    Articles like this are interesting. But, they are powerful when we take a critical look at own practices and really evaluate if our classroom actions match the work we promote and speak so highly of in the teachers' lounge.
  • Jason Finley on 11 Jan 12
     
    Becoming a master teacher takes continuous effort.1) Understand Your Reasons for Teaching2) Cultivate Ethical Behavior in Your Students and Yourself3) Pool Both Patience and Perseverance4) Design Curriculum That Works5) Perfect Instructional Practices and Assessment Skills6) Connect Positively to the Whole-School Culture
Jason Finley

The Importance of Video in Professional Development - 3 views

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administration coaching professional development Professional Learning Communities

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  • Jason Finley on 10 Jan 12
     
    "Generally teachers don't like traditional observations and they don't often result in significant improvements. Video transforms lesson observations, turning them on their head."
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  • Jason Finley on 10 Jan 12
     
    "Seeing what others see facilitates meaningful conversations surrounding practice and leads to more significant improvements back in the classroom. This all allows mentoring and coaching relationships to become far more productive..."
  • Jason Finley on 10 Jan 12
     
    "...the most important thing about using video for CPD purposes is to get away from the idea of video as a management tool, and embrace it as something that you as an individual teacher can have control of."
  • Jason Finley on 10 Jan 12
     
    "The idea is for teachers to start by self-reflecting, and once you are confident in doing so you can share videos with colleagues and develop coaching and mentoring relationships which are more productive and genuinely result in classroom based improvements."
Jason Finley

Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization - 11 views

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  • Jason Finley on 22 Feb 12
     
    "There is a difference between personalization and differentiation and individualization. One is learner-centered; the others are teacher-centered."
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  • Jason Finley on 22 Feb 12
     
    Great chart to make you think about how we do what we do.
  • Anne Bergeron on 24 Feb 12
     
    Jason, Excellent chart - I have long appreciated the learning styles awareness inherent in differentiated instruction, but providing instruction in this way is highly teacher centered - and group focused. Feeding, encouraging, and developing students' individual interests spark the desire to learn and engage. I printed this chart immediately. Really appreciating your posts...personalization could be a "brand" for a school increasingly willing to transform in this direction. Anne
  • Jason Finley on 01 Mar 12
     
    Thanks Anne, The "brand" thing sounds very Corporate America to some, but I think that is is extremely important for schools...and not just because of the looming school choice issue. There is also a connection to community piece to this. To some it might come across as selling the school, where in actuality it is just the school identifying and clarifying what it sees as its mission and role in educating its students. I think that this starts with the perceptions and expectations of the community. What are those? Do they match the schools mission and action plan? ...They certainly should. Ideally when a school has an established brand it gives a sense of identity and pride in the school system by all stakeholders, provides a foundation and rationale for professional development, informs the community about what the school does well, gives students an idea of "Why?" to their education, and much more. Identifying and building a brand really is about moving away from the ambiguous and esoteric way we often speak of education and makes what happens in our schools clear, approachable, and embraceable to our communities.
  • Adam Rosenberg on 05 Mar 12
     
    Having participated in several differentiated instruction trainings, and seen strategies executed successfully by trained teachers, I've found that sound DI includes much of the content listed under 'personalization.'
  • Jason Finley on 05 Mar 12
     
    Completely agree Adam! The chart is a little perplexing at times in its definitions/examples. How the first is Competency-based and the others must be Carnegie Unit based comparison…I just don't get. What I do like about the chart is that it makes me reflect on how I do what I do. And also on, "Do I do what I say that I do?" Sometimes I feel like I might begin implementing a strategy one semester only to have my application of that strategy drift as time goes by. Every now and then I think that it is necessary to take a step back and question each piece of my own professional practice. This approach comes from my belief that we need to question and challenge everything...especially those things we most believe in.
  • Adam Rosenberg on 05 Mar 12
     
    Excellent point! Beliefs are like clothes. If we don't regularly take them off to wash them, we often mistake our own stench for what we perceive as someone else's.
Jason Finley

Life in an Inquiry Driven, Technology Embedded, Connected Classroom: English | NWP Digi... - 5 views

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good teaching technology

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  • Jason Finley on 07 Mar 12
     
    "I teach in an inquiry, project-based, technology embedded classroom. A mouthful, I know. So what does that mean? To begin with, I don't lecture. My students don't take notes, at least not in the traditional sense, and we don't read a novel and simply answer the questions. It means my classroom is a place where my students spend time piecing together what they have learned, critically evaluating its larger purpose, and reflecting on their own learning. It also means my students don't acquire knowledge just for the sake of acquiring it. They need to do something with it - that's where "project-based" comes into play. Finally, technology is embedded into the structure of all we do. It's part of how we research, how we capture information, and how we display our learning. It's never an accessory tacked on at the end."
Jason Finley

10 mental traits of truly innovative leaders - 4 views

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leadership innovation

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  • Jason Finley on 12 Jun 12
     
    "True innovative people have a certain drive and energy about them that you like to be around. They are always full of ideas and looking for ways to improve things. Keep in mind that they aren't born as black belts in these mental traits…they've developed them over time."
  • Jason Finley on 12 Jun 12
     
    Great pieces to reflect on for personal professional development over the summer.
Jason Finley

If You Want Innovation, You Have to Invest in People - 5 views

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leadership school change

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  • Jason Finley on 07 Oct 13
     
    Another piece that puts the focus of Innovation on People rather than Programs. My personal belief is that #EdReform should start and end with empowering PD which is Personal and Purposeful. With that, what if schools modeled their PD on the Rowland Foundation's model of #EdReform? What would it look like if PD were not determined and delivered but instead supported and shared? What if PD were about providing resources and teaching teachers to be data collectors, researchers, developers of innovation? 2 year Action Research cycle? What if every teacher in a school spent a school year coming up with a hunch, collecting data, researching ideas around their hunch...then spent the second year testing it out/implementing it in the classroom, more data collection, presenting outcomes to their peers, and collecting feedback for reflection and refinement?
  • Jason Finley on 07 Oct 13
     
    "What has proved to matter is...the building of knowledge and innovation skills, which are much harder and take longer to get in place and maintain. Leading-edge competency in one's area of practice is indispensable; practice at turning ideas into reality is a must." "...while learning is hard work, and the value is not quantifiable, it is the only way to remain valuable in an economy that thrives on innovation. The more you invest in your people's knowledge, the more innovation you can expect to reap."
Critical Skills1

The Critical Skills Classroom - 7 views

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Ken Robinson school change

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  • Critical Skills1 on 27 Sep 11
     
    Today's Post ("Something Greater") is my reflections on Sir Ken's comments last week as they connect to my work in schools.
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