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Why HB212 Won’t Actually Change Anything. | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. Why HB212 Won’t Actually Change Anything. This entry was posted on May 19, 2015, in Education. Yesterday, I read HB212. Still like CCSS so much more than our previous standards. And moves us toward ending this crazy testing regime. Having read it, though, I have more questions than I have answers. Some of my tweets about the bill:. Several initial thoughts…. Ok, fine…but if I, as a district, choose to NOT use the stat...
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Points of Pride | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. I aim to directly influence curricular decisions while strengthening the teaching profession and providing a positive progressive outlook for America’s public school. Kent State University, PhD in Curriculum and Instruction. Administrative Specialist in Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development. Masters of Education–Teacher Leadership. The Ohio State University,. Bachelor of Arts–English. Enter your comment here.
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Article Link: “What ‘Learning How to Think’ Really Means” | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. Article Link: “What ‘Learning How to Think’ Really Means”. This entry was posted on June 18, 2015, in Education. This is an exceptional article. That list includes: Love of Truth [seeking, I would clarify], Honesty, Fair-Mindedness, Humility, Perseverance, Courage, Good Listening, Perspective-Taking and Empathy, and Wisdom. Does a degree have the same meaning when everyone has one? Share on Facebook (Opens in new window).
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Finding a Firm Foundation for Myself as Professional | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. Finding a Firm Foundation for Myself as Professional. This entry was posted on December 7, 2014, in Education. Each of them. When I left the building each day, I knew I had fulfilled my mission–I had made the best possible decisions (all 1500 split-second decisions teachers make each day! How does one influence curriculum without replicating top-down models? Big, HUGE questions that permeate every moment I’m at work a...
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Beyond Data: How pride in local sports should be all-around pride in local schools. | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. Beyond Data: How pride in local sports should be all-around pride in local schools. This entry was posted on July 20, 2015, in Education. One of my favorite things about fall (ranking high with pumpkin spice flavoring, the smells, the colors, and cool temps) is local high school football. I’m not a huge sports fan (although I was “All In” with the rest of Cleveland through the play-offs! Let’s simply compare newspaper...
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Another Quality Book: Leadership on the Line–Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. Another Quality Book: Leadership on the Line–Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading. This entry was posted on July 22, 2015, in Education. This book I’m reading right now (Leadership on the Line by Heifetz and Linsky) reinforces the separation of self and role with which I am (have been) personally struggling throughout my career:. How to separate role from self*. I am learning the means by which to make this possible...
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The Times They Are A Changin’: Starting Anew | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. The Times They Are A Changin’: Starting Anew. This entry was posted on July 16, 2015, in Education. It’s mid-way through July, and you know what that means…! It means I can’t stop reading education news! I’ve been thinking so much about leadership recently, and what it means to. Students. The difference here is that teachers, in teacher preparation programs, typically undergo learning experiences about how to be reflect...
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Control vs. Trust | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. Control vs. Trust. This entry was posted on May 20, 2015, in Education. If I’m not providing checks and balances accountability at the district level, who is monitoring curriculum? It’s because of the way I approach trusting others that I get the “hippie” nickname. I’m strangely optimistic and fiercely defensive about what people can do when we give gentle guidance and freedom. Leadership is ...There is, however, this frant...
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Why I Would Not Post “I Can” Statements | Turn On Your Brain
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. Why I Would Not Post “I Can” Statements. This entry was posted on June 27, 2012, in Common Core. To address this issue head on. There is a difference between sharing learning targets with students and turning the Common Core standards into a checklist. Deconstruction amounts to specific learning targets for knowledge, reasoning, performing, or producing. 2 Sharing Learning Targets. It is important that learning targets are ...
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Turn On Your Brain | Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education | Page 2
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Turn On Your Brain. Resources and Reflection on Contemporary Issues in Education. Focusing on the “Need to’s” When the “Have to’s” are Dreadful. Navigating No-Man’s Land. Calculating VA with new tests–No big deal? 8220;Ohio will mix old tests and new Common Core test results to evaluate teachers, schools and districts” I have been curious how the state would address calculating value added scores for the sake of evaluations once new assessments were in place…and now I know. Thinking throu...A bunch of st...
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