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Retreating!
Do you have an iPhone? I don’t, although I’ve often wished I did. In fact I’ve never had a smart or smarter phone. I missed the wave that propelled the average lay person into ultra high tech gadgety-phones back in approximately 2007. I was living in Korea at the time, and got by on a borrowed phone, which probably cost me about $10 a month to operate. When I moved back to the US for a year and half, iPhones had...
My Amazing Teachers
Clearly there is a big difference between a bad teacher and an amazing teacher and most of us don’t fall into either camp. I believe Dr. Jurgensen’s article is a good reminder for both teachers and administrators. For teachers, it’s a reminder of the multi-layered and comprehensive style that great teaching requires today. For administrators, it’s a reminder to not only search for teachers like this when...
Building Schools For 2030
Last week during my interview with Dr. Dick Krajczar he stated that school leaders need to envision what classrooms and schools will be like in 2030. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, but still have few answers about what my 8 month old daughter’s classes should look like in 18 years. As I think about it from the perspective of a teacher I think how depressing it would be if 18 years from now I was doing the...
The Leadership Project: Dr. Dick Krajczar
In the first installment of The Leadership Project I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Dick Krajczar, the Executive Director of the East Asia Regional Council of Schools, better known as EARCOS. Dr. Krajczar generously discussed a number of topics regarding international education for over an hour, and not surprisingly had much to say about this quickly growing field. After over 40 years in international education which included...
For Effective Leadership, New Job Descriptions
I especially like her comment about the “black hole” of vetted educational ideas. It’s funny, or ironic, that often as educators we talk about empowering our students to take control of their learning, take risks or any number of tasks. Yet as ed leaders we often find ourselves “knee-deep” in tradition or routine to affect change in our communities. Is the answer as simple as demanding that job...
