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PLC Ponderings: July 2014
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014. My Big Goal for 2014-15. With my last week of summer break staring me directly in the face, I have begun to think about the 2014-15 school year and the goals I have for the upcoming year. There are so many areas I want to continue to grow and develop in as a leader and as a learner. So here is tentative plan. 2 Utilize my amazing PLN and begin to gather resources, links, blogs. to address their needs. I can add the information I have collected to the Google Sheets as a w...Often...
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PLC Ponderings: March 2015
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Thursday, March 19, 2015. What happened to the growth mindset? When my oldest daughter was younger, she often faced adversity the way my 5 year-old currently does. Even for a first born child, who can be a bit of a perfectionist at times, she tried different ways to solve a problem. But something has happened the last two years. Is it our approach as parents? Have we led her down a dangerous path of the fixed mindset? Have we not exposed her to enough of a growth mindset? Is it something at school? Live ...
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PLC Ponderings: What happened to the growth mindset?
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Thursday, March 19, 2015. What happened to the growth mindset? When my oldest daughter was younger, she often faced adversity the way my 5 year-old currently does. Even for a first born child, who can be a bit of a perfectionist at times, she tried different ways to solve a problem. But something has happened the last two years. Is it our approach as parents? Have we led her down a dangerous path of the fixed mindset? Have we not exposed her to enough of a growth mindset? Is it something at school? Live ...
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PLC Ponderings: "Re"ng in the New Year
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Saturday, December 27, 2014. Re"ng in the New Year. According to statisticbrain.com, 45% of Americans create a New Year's Resolution while only 8% are successful with their resolution. Why is this statistic so bleak? Is it because we set our sights too high and create un unattainable resolution? Is it because we don't have the drive and passion to see our resolution through be successful? It is because our resolution doesn't provide immediate results and we give up too soon? View my complete profile.
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PLC Ponderings: January 2015
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Thursday, January 22, 2015. The keys to differentiating is all about "knowing". Often principals speak with teachers about the topic of differentiation. These conversations routinely focus on a wide range of topics - everything from learning styles to different activities, pacing, and assessments, just to name a few. Perhaps we need to think about differentiation as a way to meet the needs of all of our learners and it all comes down to "knowing.". They can't. However, a team can. Teachers need t...ASCD ...
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PLC Ponderings: January 2014
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Saturday, January 18, 2014. Growth Mindset and Video Games. 1 Video games are fun and engaging. The games were fun. The games held our attention. The games left a hunger inside of us when our parents said to turn it off! Lessons should hold our attention. I come back to the popular quote "If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn." - Ignacio Estrada. Photo courtesy of zelda.wikia.com. 2 Video games provide immediate feedback. We tried every spot on each blue. T...
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PLC Ponderings: June 2013
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Friday, June 7, 2013. We are all in a position to lead. No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.". 8212; Peter Drucker. I recently saw a quote on twitter that made me stop and think about our roles as leaders:. We are all in a position to lead.". 8212; Dee Hock, Founder and CEO Emeritus, Visa. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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PLC Ponderings: April 2014
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Sunday, April 27, 2014. For PD to be Effective in Today's Schools, it must have. During a one-day seminar. We listened, took notes feverishly, and walked away from that day excited and eager to start the workshop model when we returned. Probably the best part of the entire experience was the 4 hour car ride home where we all brainstormed how this would like. Our principal planted the seed and we were the change agents in the school. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Life of an Educato...
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PLC Ponderings: Be Contagious
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Co-written by Matt Wachel and Steven Weber. Normally, the term contagious refers to a person who is sick or someone you avoid until they recover. A contagious educator has passion, leads change, and seeks to add value to others. When you have a contagious educator on your team, you will see results and other educators become contagious. 5 Ways To Become a Contagious Educator. 1 Add Value To Others. 2 Share Your Stories. 3 Show You Care. 4 Serve on a Curriculum Writing Team.
