by edtosavetheworld | Apr 2, 2013 | Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient
If you’re like me, sometime during your first year teaching someone told you, “The trick is…don’t smile until Christmas.” For some people that advice might have been easy to take, but as a person whose default facial expression is a smile, I was crestfallen. I kept...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 28, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Picture this: You are teaching 9th grade English I. It’s the last period of the day. You just finished writing instructions on the board. You turn around and see this… What do you do? Why what else? Teacher face – eyebrows raised, eyes fixed on student about...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 27, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Leaders need to be generous, unselfish and check their egos at the door. At the same time they can’t be pushovers or hand-wringers. Generative Leadership is compatible with Cage-Busting Leadership, a term coined by ed scholar Frederick Hess. We are honored to...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 25, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
It’s Monday so we’ll get right to the point. Leaders in the 21st Century must be: 1) Generative 2) Cage-busting 3) Systems-thinkers committed to continuous learning Use this Leadership rubric to see where you are and to monitor your progress. You...
by edtosavetheworld | Mar 19, 2013 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
I was initially trained in experiential education and was convinced it was the best way to learn. When I saw it done poorly and soon thereafter saw a traditional classroom done really well this may have been how I looked: Perhaps too much energy is spent arguing for...
