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Why Storytelling Is The Ultimate Weapon | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce - 1 views

www.fastcocreate.com/...telling-is-the-ultimate-weapon conference
shared by Jason Finley on 17 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • we are beasts of emotion more than logic. We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with “Once upon a time.”
  • Jason Finley on 17 Sep 12
     
    "...there is an important lesson about the molding power of story. When we read dry, factual arguments, we read with our dukes up. We are critical and skeptical. But when we are absorbed in a story we drop our intellectual guard. We are moved emotionally and this seems to leave us defenseless."
  • Jason Finley on 17 Sep 12
     
    Interesting read as we prepare for our presentations next week. Also...has interesting applications for how administrators communicate new ideas with faculty and teachers engage students.
  • Jason Finley on 17 Sep 12
     
    "...we are beasts of emotion more than logic. We are creatures of story, and the process of changing one mind or the whole world must begin with "Once upon a time."
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NESSC Conference: High School Redesign in Action - 4 views

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  • Jason Finley on 27 Jan 12
     
    New England Secondary School Consortium's third annual conference for secondary educators to share success stories, exchange best practices, and build momentum for innovations that will prepare all students for success in the colleges, careers, and communities of the 21st century.
  • Jason Finley on 27 Jan 12
     
    WHEN: Thursday + Friday, March 22-23, 2012 WHERE: Four Points by Sheraton in Norwood, Massachusetts WHO: Educators and teams from high schools, charter schools, and technical schools across New England engaged in school improvement COST: $75 per person (includes appetizers, beverages, breakfast, lunch, and materials) PROGRAM: Click HERE to read the session descriptions
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The School-Community and College-Readiness Connection | District Administration Magazine - 3 views

www.districtadministration.com/...d-college-readiness-connection leadership student voice
shared by Jason Finley on 06 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Jason Finley on 06 Jan 12
     
    "Those who hold leadership roles within our schools must come to terms with the fact that standards, curriculum, instruction, assessments and accountability will only get you so far in improving student achievement. If you do not address the underlying issue of the student experience, these efforts might not have a discernible impact." "...if students felt as if they belonged to the school community, the more likely they would be confident of succeeding in college." "...students who feel a sense of psychological connection to their school community are more likely to be engaged in their learning and are more likely to behave in ways that promote self-development and socialization."
  • Jason Finley on 06 Jan 12
     
    Simple article with profound implications for students and for working with faculty.
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Are You an Old School or a Bold School? | District Administration Magazine - 6 views

www.districtadministration.com/...-you-old-school-or-bold-school leadership administration
shared by Herb Schulte on 06 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Right now, we need bold schools, not old schools. By that, I mean we need schools to take serious steps to not only reinvent themselves, but to step out and advocate for a new, more meaningful definition of what learning means for our students, one that goes beyond simply “higher student achievement” or “increased student performance.”
  • Bold schools are steeped in cultures where everyone, both educators and students, are seen as learners first.
  • To be fully able to seize the opportunities that access provides, the adults need to be engaged in the learning process as much if not more than the kids in our classrooms.
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Five Resolutions for Aspiring Leaders - John Coleman and Bill George - Harvard Business... - 2 views

blogs.hbr.org/..._resolutions_for_aspiring.html leadership
shared by Jason Finley on 03 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Jason Finley on 03 Jan 12
     
    Here are five resolutions from the article...with my personal take on them.
  • Jason Finley on 03 Jan 12
     
    1. Find a trustworthy mentor. (Regardless of your position or how successful you are there will always be others out there who you can learn from.) 2. Form a leadership development group. (Why not two? One among leaders from multiple schools and another among the leaders and potential leaders within your school.) 3. Volunteer in a civic or service organization. (How have you formed connections between your school and the community in ways that the school isn't the primary beneficiary? How do you know the perceptions and expectations of the community unless you are truly engaged with them?) 4. Work in or travel to one new country. (Or, simply visit schools in your district. Have you visited with the admin and teachers from your sending schools? What could you learn from them? What could you learn from other high schools in Vermont that are similar to yours?) 5. Finally, ask more questions than you answer. (If you think that have all the answers…then you aren't even aware of all the questions.)
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Student Voices: What Makes a Great Teacher - 4 views

advocacy.collegeboard.org/...rsBooklet_WEB_110708_FINAL.pdf 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.
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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.
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Do Rigid College Admissions Leave Room for Creative Thinkers? | MindShift - 3 views

blogs.kqed.org/...ave-room-for-creative-thinkers competency-based innovation creativity Minerva Science_Leadership_Academy
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  • Jason Finley on 18 Jan 14
     
    "'The tests we rely on so heavily really don't measure creative thinking and they don't measure common sense thinking, wisdom, ethics, work ethic - they don't measure your character,' Sternberg said. In his view, students go to college to develop into active and engaged citizens. If colleges kept that ultimate goal in mind in their admissions process, it would send a message to high schools about the skills that universities value and want to see in prospective students."
  • Jason Finley on 18 Jan 14
     
    "Science Leadership Academy (SLA), a public magnet high school in Philadelphia is a fairly young school, just eight years old. But in that short time, it's developed a reputation around the country as a shining example of the merits of inquiry-based learning approach. Colleges sometimes have a difficult time understanding the school's approach to developing autonomous, critical thinkers. For example, SLA doesn't offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses, because making students take a summative test at the end of the year is antithetical to the concept of allowing students to guide their own learning based on interest and collaborative work - and just as importantly, the value of the incremental learning process."
  • Jason Finley on 18 Jan 14
     
    On the Minerva Project... "In fact, in the first year the students will take four courses: Multi-modal Communication, Complex Systems, Empirical Systems, and Computational Sciences. The intention is for traditionally separate subjects to be integrated if they involve complimentary skills. COMPETENCY-BASED UNIVERSITIES As the Minerva experiment develops, some existing universities are taking steps to award college credit based on skills learned, not the amount of time they've been enrolled."
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Using Twitter to Develop an Online Professional Learning Network - 1 views

newenglandssc.org/...F86A4E60DD14E243 NESSC New_England_Secondary_School_Consortium Great_Schools_Partnership Twitter Professional_Development Professional Learning Communities leadership technology
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  • Jason Finley on 17 Sep 13
     
    "Twitter has emerged both as an important source of news, information, and resources for educators, as well as a valuable way to engage in a meaningful professional learning network. This webinar will provide a useful overview of Twitter and how it can inform and support the ongoing development and networking of K- 12 educators." Webinar THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 | 3:00-4:00 PM EST
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Rowland Foundation | Teacher Workshops - 3 views

www.therowlandfoundation.org/teacher_workshops.shtml conference school change Rowland Foundation
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  • Jason Finley on 26 Sep 11
     
    "The Rowland Foundation: Teacher Workshops 2011-2012" In order to sustain and extend the conversations from the Conference on High School Transformation, The Rowland Foundation will offer the following workshops during the 2011-2012 school year. By limiting enrollment to about 20 participants, these workshops are designed to provide more participatory discussion and greater detail than that which was offered at the Sept. 22 conference. In each case the host school and its Rowland Fellow will be able to illustrate in practice the principles being discussed. These workshops are offered in two parts: a session in fall and one again in the spring to enable participants to engage in conversations while working to implement changes in their own schools. We look forward to furthering the conversations that were started in Burlington.
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School Garden Grant Application Process | Whole Kids Foundation - 4 views

wholekidsfoundation.org/gardengrants-application.php Service Learning grant opportunity
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  • Jason Finley on 29 Sep 11
     
    To be eligible for a garden grant, applicants must be a ... nonprofit K-12 school that is developing or currently maintaining a school garden project that will help children engage with fresh fruits and vegetables. Garden projects may be at any stage of development; planning, construction or operation."
  • Jason Finley on 29 Sep 11
     
    At the conference there were a number of schools interested in the work being done by Peter and Tom. This might be good "seed" money to start similar programs.
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Standardized Test Scores Improve with Service-Learning - 2 views

www.ri.net/...erviceLearningBetterScores.pdf The How and Why: Using ELOs and Service Learning Service Learning
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  • Jason Finley on 13 Sep 11
     
    "Service-learning can help students improve their standardized test scores because it makes learning interesting and real - in a word - exciting. Research has shown that involvement in quality service-learning projects makes students more engaged in the classroom, less likely to skip class, more apt to discuss school outside of the classroom, and understand the importance of hard work (Morgan and Streb, 1999; Melchior, 1998)."
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Benefits of Student Participation in Community Service - 1 views

sitemaker.umich.edu/...ts_of_participation_in_service Service Learning The How and Why: Using ELOs and Service Learning
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  • Jason Finley on 13 Sep 11
     
    "...research indicates that service learning can: *increase students' personal, interpersonal and social development (Billig 2000) *increase motivation, student engagement, and school attendance (Billig 2000) *and, lead to new perspectives and more "positive lifestyle choices and behavior." (Civic Literacy Project 2005)"
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Administrator's Service-Learning Tools - 2 views

www.dpi.state.wi.us/...sl-admin-tools.html The How and Why: Using ELOs and Service Learning Service Learning
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  • Jason Finley on 18 Sep 11
     
    "Principals report that service-learning has a positive impact on teacher satisfaction, school climate, academic achievement, and school engagement."
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Youth and Adults Transforming Schools Together - 2 views

www.yatst.com Student Voice Vermont Action Research
shared by Mary Whalen on 15 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Mary Whalen on 15 Sep 11
     
    YATST schools in Vermont provide one model for youth and adults to engage in meaningful conversations and action about Rigor, Relationship, Shared Responsibility and Relevance in our schools.
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National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation - 0 views

ncdd.org Dialogue Civic Engagement
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  • Mary Whalen on 15 Sep 11
     
    The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) promotes the use of dialogue, deliberation, and other innovative group processes to help people come together across differences to tackle our most challenging problems. Great resources to use in classrooms for democratic and deliberative dialogue.
  • Jason Finley on 15 Sep 11
     
    Hi Mary, you might be interested in the National School Reform Faculty. Professionally it is a great resource, but I have used many of the protocols in my classroom. They are great for opening up dialogs and giving students a voice in the classroom. National School Reform Faculty
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Innovate to Educate: System [Re]Design for Personalized Learning - 3 views

siia.net/...PerLearnPaper.pdf innovation pdf school change personalized_learning project based learning authentic assessment Proficiency-Based
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  • Jason Finley on 25 Oct 11
     
    "On August 4-6, 2010 in Boston (MA), 150 invited education leaders convened at the SIIA-ASCD CCSSO Symposium on [Re]Design for Personalized Learning. They gathered under the common belief that today's education system is inadequate to meet the needs of tomorrow, and focused on identifying changes essential to transform learning for each student. Following are the Symposium participants' key findings about how to redesign our current education model to a student-centered, customized learning model that will better engage, motivate, and prepare our students to be career and college ready."
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