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Jason Finley

Applications for 2014 Global Teacher Fellowship Program Now Open: Rural School & Commun... - 4 views

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Grant_Opportunity

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  • Jason Finley on 22 Nov 13
     
    The Rural Trust's Global Teacher Fellowship program will be awarding up to 25 fellowships in 2014 to support the professional and personal development of rural teachers. The awards (up to $5,000 for individual teachers and $10,000 for a team of two or more teachers) support teachers' participation in self-designed summer learning experiences and a two-day place-based learning institute in the fall following their summer experience. This fellowship is a stand-alone grant not meant to supplement other grant funds for larger projects. Teachers are encouraged to center their learning in an international travel and study experience, out of which they develop interdisciplinary, place-based learning curricula aligned with their specific state and local content standards.
  • Jason Finley on 22 Nov 13
     
    There are a number of Rowland fellows that might be able to use this to supplement / expand their existing work.
Jason Finley

Disruptors: Get Comfortable Being the Lone Wolf | EdReach - 1 views

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innovation #DisruptEdu

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  • Jason Finley on 19 Dec 12
     
    As Rowland Fellows our charge is to be "Disruptors" in our schools. "To be a disruptor you need to be: Not afraid to push into new technologies. Ready to take criticisms from all directions (including fellow teachers). Ready to be the lone wolf in your building or even your district. Ready to build your own PLN via Twitter, Google +, Edmodo, or Facebook. Be willing to travel to and attend conferences. Move forward without fear of failure. Ready to experience failure more than once. Most of all disrupt your students, teachers, school and district."
Jason Finley

Transforming Teaching: Connecting Professional Responsibility with Student Learning - 2... - 4 views

www.nea.org/...Transforming_Teaching(2).pdf

good teaching NEA pdf

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  • Jason Finley on 21 Dec 11
     
    In December 2010, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel created a national, independent commission to study the teaching profession and make recommendations on maximizing teacher and teaching effectiveness. Drawing on the wisdom and experience of accomplished teachers, expert researchers, policymakers, and academicians, the Commission on Effective Teachers and Teaching (CETT) examined the policies and practices governing the teaching profession and crafted a teacher-centered vision of teaching and the teaching profession. On December 8, 2011, CETT presented the NEA with its final report, Transforming Teaching: Connecting Professional Responsibility with Student Learning, which outlines the Commission's vision and recommendations for the teaching profession.
Jason Finley

What Students Need From Teachers | MindShift - 4 views

mindshift.kqed.org/...at-students-need-from-teachers

good teaching

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  • Jason Finley on 04 Nov 11
     
    16 crucial reasons why students need teachers
anonymous

Teachers and Tech - 4 views

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technology

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  • anonymous on 04 Apr 13
     
    Here is the link to a Pew Research survey about teachers and tech use. You can read the summary at this page, and/or download the pdf from there to read later. The document is pretty long, but has some interesting data, even given the fairly narrow survey sample.
Lauren Parren

Educational Technology Guy: Khan Academy - not good pedagogy and not #edreform - 2 views

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Khan Academy personalized Rowland Pathways teacher-centered flipped classroom

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  • Lauren Parren on 20 Mar 12
     
    Khan as teacher-centered lectures, not student-centered learning.  Still, the videos could support independent learners.
Michael Martin

Lessons from Finland - 2 views

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Finland teachers Tony_Wagner accountability testing

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  • Michael Martin on 21 Mar 12
     
    This article is from the discussion led by Rowland Fellow Adam Rosenberg who visited Finland in 2010. The author, Pasi Sahlberg, emphasizes how Finnish teachers are respected as innovators and experts in their field--much like the philosophy of the Rowland Foundation! He contrasts this approach with the test-based accountability system so prevalent in the U.S. Here's another Finland article which discusses The Finland Phenomenon, a film featuring Tony Wagner's exploration of the Finnish school system. Wagner will be the keynote speaker at this year's Rowland Foundation Conference on School Transformation. http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/11602/the_finland_phenomenon/ Watch The Finland Phenomenon trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcC2l8zioIw For more on the Rowland Foundation Conference at the University of Vermont: http://www.therowlandfoundation.org/annual_conference.shtml
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  • Adam Rosenberg on 21 Mar 12
     
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/friedman-pass-the-books-hold-the-oil.html?_r=1 The article above Underscores the inverse relationship between a country's natural resources and its human ones. Finland is a country that relies on and cultivates its human resources.
  • Adam Rosenberg on 21 Mar 12
     
    My observations regarding Finnish education linked below: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7i_HzAd2yGnX1k2NzhyajNSZkM4SzNncEEtbTNRZw
  • Michael Martin on 22 Mar 12
     
    When it comes to NCLB and educational opportunity, Darling-Hammond & Ravitch are rock stars in the field. Here's a very approachable presentation of some of their Finland ideas. Good for a school board meeting? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP3tF2fF2B4&feature=related
  • Jason Finley on 24 Mar 12
     
    I believe that the most Powerful...and Empowering...piece of this is in Teacher Preparation. I also believe that this is where the biggest obstacles and push-back would be found if we were to try to implement this across Vermont.
Jason Finley

Friday Institute for Educational Innovation - FIZZ - 3 views

www.fi.ncsu.edu/...lecture

blended instruction flipped classroom

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  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    No lecture in the classroom The FIZZ Lecture professional development program trains teachers to create and publish a series of video lectures in order to make the content of their course completely transparent. "Why I flipped my classroom" - Math Teacher, Katie Gimbar
  • Jason Finley on 30 Nov 11
     
    Why: 1. Flipping the Classroom for Accountability 2. Is this Recreating the Wheel? 3. Better Than A Front Row Seat 4. "Why it has to be me!" - Model Teacher, Katie Gimbar 5. Using Classroom Time to Differentiate 6. Self-paced, Differentiated and Collaborative 7. The Research Behind Flipping the Classroom with FIZZ How: 1. Buying the Lecture Boards 2. Writing on and Cleaning the Boards 3. Camera and Tripod 4. Condensing the Content to 6 Boards DOWNLOAD > FIZZ Lecture Planning.doc 5. Sliding the Boards 6. Setting up the Camera and Tripod 7. FIZZ Lecture: The Fine Print 8. Uploading and Posting Screencast tutorials on using Google Docs: Why use Google Docs? Part 1. Uploading Videos to Google Docs Part 2. Creating a Simple Web Page (click here for the template) Part 3. Sharing the URL with Your Students
Jason Finley

The Importance of Video in Professional Development - 3 views

iu1.vm.bytemark.co.uk/...video-professional-development

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

Student Voices: What Makes a Great Teacher - 4 views

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Student Voice good teaching

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  • Jason Finley on 17 Nov 11
     
    "How have your best teachers inspired, engaged, encouraged and challenged you?" Teens on the staff of New Youth Connections magazine were asked to think this over - then they gathered for a group discussion about the best learning experiences they've had.
  • Jason Finley on 17 Nov 11
     
    Top 10 Pieces of Advice from Students for Teachers 1. Be pushy. 2. Make the lesson relevant to our lives. 3. Be relatable, but please don't say: "It's time to dip, y'all!" 4. Teach us with words, sights, and sounds. 5. Be consistent and firm. 6. Believe in us. 7. Explain, explain, explain. 8. Use our time wisely. 9. Have clear objectives, clearly communicated.
Jason Finley

Personalization vs Differentiation vs Individualization - 11 views

www.slideshare.net/...personalizedlearninchart

good teaching

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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

From student voice to youth-adult partnerships: Lessons from working with young people ... - 2 views

www.nzcer.org.nz/...youth-adult-partnerships_0.pdf

Student Voice PDF

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  • Jason Finley on 19 Nov 11
     
    "Student voice" is talked about a lot in education, but what does it actually mean? Does it mean listening to students' opinions? Does it mean involving students in decisions about their learning? Does it mean students should have an equal say in decisions made about their entire educational experience, including decisions made at the level of school management and governance?
  • Jason Finley on 19 Nov 11
     
    "This working paper describes a series of recent 'student voice' projects … varied in … specific contexts and processes. …Elicit(s) young people's perspectives about learning, education and/or other aspects of their lives…"
  • Jason Finley on 19 Nov 11
     
    When presented with the statement there is too much emphasis on 'student voice' and similar ideas nowadays, teachers were almost divided in thirds: 26 percent agreed or strongly agreed, 34 percent were unsure, and 39 percent disagreed or strongly disagreed (See p. 89 of this report). Why did these teachers have such divergent opinions? More importantly, how exactly did each teacher interpret the term "student voice"?
Jill Prado

The Incredible Way A Michigan Physics Teacher Uses Google Glass - 2 views

edudemic.com/...sics-teacher-uses-google-glass

innovation technology video

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  • Jill Prado on 24 May 13
     
    I know we at Edudemic get excited (probably overly so) about new technology. We try to figure out how and if it belongs in the classroom or what else can be done with each new tool. So it's no surprise that we're over the moon about Google Glass and it's potential for education.
Jen Kravitz

If I Don't Grade It, The Students Won't Do It! - 3 views

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grading standards based grading school change

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  • Jen Kravitz on 20 May 13
     
    The experience of a middle school teacher moving away from grading towards comments and her finding that this creates a better environment for all... and more work is being done
  • Carrie Felice on 22 May 13
     
    Thanks for posting! I have heard this statement come out of more than one teacher's mouth. It will take time, but if we can create common language around proficiency based standards and learning and be consistent in its use, kids will catch on. My hope is that more and more of our classrooms begin to look like the one described.
Jason Finley

The Jerk Store Called... | EdReach - 2 views

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innovation #DisruptEdu leadership

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  • Jason Finley on 19 Dec 12
     
    As Rowland Fellows our charge is to Challenge the System, to Question Everything. "...far too many teachers conform, go with the flow and take just about everything at face value. They don't challenge things. They don't question things. They don't stand up for what they know is right for the profession and for the students they teach."
Jen Kravitz

Making interdisciplinary projects work | CTQ - 2 views

www.teachingquality.org/...erdisciplinary-projects-work-0

interdisciplinary collaboration school change

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  • Jen Kravitz on 25 Apr 13
     
    This is a clear example of how one teacher worked with his colleagues to develop a large interdisciplinary project for 9th graders around water. It involved English, Social Studies, and Science teachers.
Jason Finley

Experimenting and Innovating: How to Find the Best Tools and Tactics | MindShift - 2 views

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innovation

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  • Jason Finley on 27 Jan 13
     
    "New York City is experimenting with new tools and tactics with its Innovation Zone, a devoted unit for trying out new approaches to learning and sharing best practices with like-minded educators." "Schools across the system are trying out different learning approaches, including blended learning, online courses and project-based teaching. As with the most lofty aspirations of educators, the iZone's goals are to personalize learning, provide real-world experience, change the ways staff and students view their roles and take advantage of the vast number of tools available to students and teachers."
Jason Finley

7 Things Schools Of The Future Will Do Well - 3 views

www.teachthought.com/...ols-of-the-future-will-do-well

innovation school change leadership

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  • Jason Finley on 05 Feb 13
     
    1. Set Important Goals 2. Create Powerful Learning Experiences. 3. Manage Productive Learning Environments.  4. Know Students. 5. Promote Growth.  6. Leverage Teacher Talent. 7. Build Community.
Jason Finley

Data Backpacks: Portable Records and Learner Profiles - 6 views

digitallearningnow.com/...art-Series-Databack-Final1.pdf

eportfolios technology

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  • Jason Finley on 22 Oct 12
     
    "What if students instead came to each course or classroom with a digital backpack of data about their learning levels, preferences, motivations, and personal accomplishments? How would this improve each teacher's ability to tailor learning to meet the needs of individual students? What if parents and students could easily access their child's records to share the information with afterschool providers? How would all of the personalization this affords add up to deeper learning and improved college and career readiness?"
  • Jason Finley on 22 Oct 12
     
    The experience of using portfolios in the past may lead to some push back from veteran educators. Reframing ePortfolios as tools to help them might be a good way to begin a process of an indiscernible evolution rather than attempting to implement sudden change. ~jf
  • Jason Finley on 22 Oct 12
     
    "What do teachers wish they knew about new students? In what environment do they learn best? Are they meeting the standards in key areas like math, reading and writing? What goals have they identified for themselves? What level of support do they have at home? Do they participate in any community programs or organizations? Do they do best when working alone or with peers? What are their outside interests that I can use to motivate learning? Is there anything in their learning history that I should flag for follow-up or special attention? What did other teachers note about their strengths and challenges?"
Jason Finley

How Finnish schools shine - 6 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...finish-school-system

school change Finland

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  • Jason Finley on 13 Apr 12
     
    We have been awash in literature about Finland lately. Mostly because something about what they do works!Of the many articles that I have read, this one in particular does a superb job of sharing in a clear an succinct manner a good many of the pieces of their puzzle.
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