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The Educational Arsonist: July 2015
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire". Friday, July 10, 2015. Checking their Pulse: Consequences of Comparative Grading. Even at our pace, we would finish under 10 minutes, and we chugged slowly by some of our less-athletic classmates, breathing heavily, or slowing their feet to a walk, beads of sweat dripping down their faces, like more blades of swaying grass. I knocked his hand away out of instinct. And you’re not even trying! I turned back to the track, noticing the subs...
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The Educational Arsonist: "Equal" Doesn't Equal Fair
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire". Thursday, December 11, 2014. Equal" Doesn't Equal Fair. A mounting frustration for any teacher is a concern for failing students. "He didn't complete this, so he got an F." "She didn't turn in the last project, so it's a zero." It seems very logical, a student who fails to do the work, gets a zero, fails the assignment, and with enough zeroes will fail the marking period or the year. This brings me to the age old debate, does an F mean ...
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The Educational Arsonist: Nitty-Gritty
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire". Thursday, December 18, 2014. Grit It's a word that is thrown around quite often in the world of education. It's the word of the moment. Despite its recent pop culture explosion, grit is a concept I buy into wholeheartedly. Here's why. Be a time when these students don't know the answer and don't know how. Is it inborn or is it something that can be cultivated over time? You'll find I go ahead with what I start.". The Duckworth Lab.".
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80/20 staff meetings this year (197:365) | Dr. Cook's Blog
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Dr Cook's Blog. 80/20 staff meetings this year (197:365). Source: thenovicespiritualist.wordpress.com. I have been doing a lot of reflecting and planning for the upcoming school year. Yesterday, I posted about seeing an increase in Genius Hour and Makerspace. With that said, I want to provide the staff with time to work on their own innovative projects…. I think this will be the first step in a new direction for professional development. What will we do? I will need to teach the staff about the expectati...
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Dissertation | Dr. Cook's Blog
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Dr Cook's Blog. Making connections: Implementing an integrated thematic instruction curriculum model to assist teachers of at-risk middle school students. By Cook, Spike C. Ed.D., Rowan University, 2009, 237 pages; AAT 3359922. 2 thoughts on “ Dissertation. January 9, 2015 at 6:42 PM. Can I read the whole thing? The link seems broken . . . January 12, 2015 at 12:37 PM. I am not sure what happened to the link. I will look into it. For now, I put the Abstract in there. Leave a Comment Cancel reply. I truly...
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Instructional Rounds | Dr. Cook's Blog
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Dr Cook's Blog. Instructional Rounds with the #CCDOLPHINS. If it were not for my PLN, as I have said many times, I don’t know where I would be as a school leader. Today, I got the chance to meet up with a good friend, fellow principal, and active member of my PLN Douglas Timm. Doug, and his team of dedicated coaches and teachers, have recently implemented Instructional Rounds in their school. As a side note, you have to visit their active hashtag on Twitter ( #ccdolphins. So, what is it going to take?
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Reflect and plan: It’s as easy as 3, 2, 1 | Dr. Cook's Blog
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Dr Cook's Blog. Reflect and plan: It’s as easy as 3, 2, 1. RM Bacon Teachers engaged in the 3-2-1 activity. A few weeks ago I read the ASCDEdge blog post 3-2-1 Countdown to Summer. By Kevin Parr. It was just what I needed. It was just what our staff needed. Since the concept was so applicable, I was able to integrate it into my final staff meeting of the year. Our purpose was to reflect on the year and to begin to plan for the next school year. Putting the activity into motion …. Focus on the Whole Child.
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Its lonely at the top, but it doesn’t have to be | Dr. Cook's Blog
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Dr Cook's Blog. Its lonely at the top, but it doesn’t have to be. A few years ago I took the “plunge” and became connected to other educators throughout the globe through Social Media. I can admit that I have never been the same since taking that plunge. One of the best parts about the connections was the relationship I built with Jessica Johnson. We started the PrincipalPLN. So we decided to write a book on the topic. In this book we help the readers understand the importance of being connected to benef...
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All eyes on the sky! | Dr. Cook's Blog
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Dr Cook's Blog. All eyes on the sky! In a recent PrincipalPLN. Podcast, we interviewed Kirsten Olson and Valerie Brown, authors of the book, Mindful School Leader. During the podcast, I really tried to be mindful. In fact, I didn’t really ask many questions. I just listened. Towards the end, one question popped up in my head, and I asked, “So what would be 3 things we could try this week to practice mindfulness at work? And looking at the sky? For me, it was never. What do you do to practice mindfulness?
