I want to associate with groups that are transforming the profession and providing opportunities for me to develop my practice and leadership skills. I don’t want to associate with groups that preserve the blue collar, us against them, power
Read MoreAre you caught in a tornado? Is school a cat or a washing machine? I synthesize how ideas of embracing volatility outlined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb relate to principles of the Global Fourth Way in education outlined by Andy Hargreaves and Dennis Shirley.
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In Part One I asked, What will teachers finally say when we are given a voice at the policy-making table? Part Two profiled John Prosser, a teacher leader in Washington state, who facilitates the implementation of policy he helped negotiate. The conclusion features
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Why every teacher should be a writer.
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“We did not put our ideas together. We put our purposes together.” Adam Kahane, Solving Tough Problems John Prosser is there. A teacher leader involved in policy-making. He began as a middle school teacher in the Seattle Tacoma area, then
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The public perceives that during summer vacation teachers take vacation. The teacher-leader community perceives that we work – planning for the new year, attending and presenting at conferences, and the like. I think the public perception is closer to the
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Is the library the beating heart of your school? Ours is.
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You’ve seen the cartoons. They’re very popular on teachers’ Facebook pages: A politician holding up a blank slate with the message, “This is the number of policy decisions teachers made when we gave them the chance.” A teacher standing in
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In 1790, conservative political philosopher Edmund Burke wrote in Reflections on the Revolution in France: “A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.” Clay Shirky, expert on the role of social media and
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Teachers and students working in the classroom often know the tech tools we need, and we can learn them an implement them if the systems in our schools are responsive enough to meet our needs quickly.
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