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Randy Ziegenfuss

Motivator: Create your own motivational posters! - 0 views

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    Create your own customized motivational posters. Armed with a digital camera and that non-stop wit of yours, you now have the power to turn a simple photograph into a humorous or inspirational message. Print it, frame it! Make two-we know you've got hundreds of digital images and photos to spare! Make your own inspirational, funny, parody, sports or other posters. Perfect for the office, schools, teachers, coaches, as announcements, for parties, invitations, and a lot more.
Randy Ziegenfuss

Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us - 0 views

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    Nicely animated video of Dan Pink's ideas from his book DRIVE
Diane Kasaczun

The Tempered Radical: Organizing Learning Teams in a PLC - 0 views

  • Rather than resisting this reality, refocus the work that learning teams are doing.  Make short-term projects with specific objectives and outcomes the norm.  Have self-selected teams define exactly what it is that they plan to study during your in-service days in August.  In January, require progress reports backed up by student learning results.  In June, share what each team has learned with the entire faculty and plan new focus groups for the fall. 
  • Rather than resisting this reality, refocus the work that learning teams are doing.  Make short-term projects with specific objectives and outcomes the norm.  Have self-selected teams define exactly what it is that they plan to study during your in-service days in August.  In January, require progress reports backed up by student learning results.  In June, share what each team has learned with the entire faculty and plan new focus groups for the fall.
  • Do I know colleagues who will choose to meet with teachers that share planning periods because they’ve got busy personal lives and can’t find the time to meet outside of school hours?  Sure.  In fact, I’d even bet that the majority of your teachers would choose to work with peers in the same grade level and content area.
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  • But you’re also going to reenergize professional learning for some of your employees, too.  Teachers that are motivated to learn with one another and who can get into the meat of collective study without having to muddle their way around in the relationship-nightmare that cause new teams to stumble are going to love their time together
  • self-selected learning teams clearly articulate their purpose and their plan of study for the year.  If teams can’t connect their intentions to your school’s mission or vision,
  • elf-selected teams would have to use meaningful data to make decisions and would have to show how they were assessing student learning and changing direction to ensure student success.
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