What Motivates Teachers
What Motivates Teachers – Competition? There’s no question that some people are motivated by competition and measure themselves in comparison to others. Measuring in comparison to peers is, I think, the fundamental orientation of our business community today. Competition in business Take retail clothes shopping, for instance. Demand for clothing and home goods doesn’t change […]
Literacy Affects All Subjects
When Reading Gets More Complicated, Use Your Language! Final: United States 2-2 Slovenia Posted by Eric Beard June 18, 2010 01:37 AM Well, the US are still in this. They really could and should have won, but any fan will be happy with a draw after going down 2-0 at halftime. Valter Birsa and Zlatan […]
PD School Partners
Five years as a Principal Five years as a Principal of a Middle School of 1000+ students is often regarded with a gasp and a look of utter condolences by many who hear the numbers – number of years, grades and total student population. Challenges and Support from PD school partners However, to hear stories […]
How can we help you
SCHOOLS ARE NOT BUSINESSES Our schools are inundated with ideas and practices that are borrowed from business in the name of education reform. These business practices have questionable applicability to schools, and in some cases are just a really poor fit. After all, you don’t want any reject parts if you are a school, you […]
New Teacher Evaluations
The 8 Domain Items You’ll Need to Know for the New Teacher Evaluations by Matt Zagami There is no doubt that the recent advent of “Danielson’s Framework for Effective Teaching” has helped educators focus on best practices in a number of different areas. Any effective teacher who closely studies the 4 Domains and 22 items […]
Capacity Framework
The Chancellor’s Vision Listen to this post! Chancellor Farina has outlined her vision in a series of best-practices traits for schools, called the Capacity Framework. The DOE states: “The Capacity Framework encourages parents, educators, school communities, and external stakeholders to work together to improve student achievement. This collaborative focus will ensure that every child is […]
A School Administrator’s First Job
The College of St. Rose and CITE believe and teach certain core principles. #1 A School Administrator creates a Learning Organization. Listen to this post! School Administrator Program Structure You probably haven’t noticed, but there’s a tacit division of labor when we talk about our programs. We know you are a working professional, and we […]
Parent Teacher Night
Tonight starts the first of four scheduled parent teacher night conferences for the school year, up two from last year. Carmen Fariña, New York City schools chancellor explains why the expansion was a priority for her and offers advice on making the most of the time, including this week’s introductory session.Nick Lawrence, 8th grade social studies teacher at the East […]
