by edtosavetheworld | Aug 14, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
This week are honored to have Nathaniel Day, an English teacher in Washington. His thoughts on leaders follow. A friend of mine once had a job that required him to do some research on education policy in New York City. In the course of this, he met up with a...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 13, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
“You need to manage up.” If you’ve vented about a boss to a Harvard Business Review-loving friend, you’ve probably heard that phrase. But what does that really mean? Why is it important? And what does it look like in a school? First off the importance. According to...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 6, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Every Tuesday we will post a quick idea that you can try right away. Here’s the first one. Stage 1 of our Framework asserts that learning is never over and that a culture of adult learning, risk taking and growth is the foundation of school transformation. Our...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 13, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
What happens with students if their learning is surface level and lacks deep understanding? 1) They forget it. 2) They can’t use it flexilby. 3) They resist it… …because surface learning is boring and dehumanizing! We know that...
by edtosavetheworld | Jun 11, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Have you ever been to a professional development session that looks like this? Okay, maybe it’s not that extreme. But often times adults make for much worse students than kids do! They grade papers or send emails instead of listening to the speaker. They raise...
