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Cale Birk's Professional Growth Plan: Growth Plan Update - September 2014
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Cale Birk's Professional Growth Plan. A reflective growth plan for a district administrator based in the British Columbia Principals and Vice Principals Leadership Standards. Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Growth Plan Update - September 2014. This year, I will work with staff to:. Co-create a mechanism for descriptive, non-judgmental observation that has multiple entry points that match the needs of all staff members (Fall/Winter, 2014). Of our Attributes of a Graduate. Apply the skills that we have develope...
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Creating Connections: 5 Worthy Investments | molehills out of mountains
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Molehills out of mountains. Musings on Education, Leadership and Social Good. Creating Connections: 5 Worthy Investments. June 26, 2012. Cc flickr photo by Krissy.Venosdale (@ktvee). Personal connections are the avenue on which effective learning opportunities must travel. So how do we go about developing connections that will ensure a safe learning environment for our students…one that will engage them as active participants in the learning process? 1 Know Your Students. 4 Make Learning Relevant. As edu...
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Celebrating Success! | molehills out of mountains
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Molehills out of mountains. Musings on Education, Leadership and Social Good. September 28, 2012. The following piece is cross posted on the Willis PLC Blog. 8212; written as an end of quarter message to our teaching staff. Cc flickr photo by ktvee. So as we wrap-up a quarter that I know has been very taxing, I want to challenge you to spend a few minutes celebrating the positives…the things that have gone right. Each one of you have accomplished a great deal this quarter. Integration of technology tools...
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Students Matter Most! | molehills out of mountains
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Molehills out of mountains. Musings on Education, Leadership and Social Good. July 13, 2012. Cc flickr photo by HatHome. An honest admission…. There are so many distractions…testing, budgets, inboxes, meetings, curriculum requirements, and paper work ad nauseam. Without mindful consideration, it is so easy to get caught up in our adult world, with adult problems, and forget our purpose – to serve the children who have been entrusted to our care. What is in the best interest of the students whom I serve?
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Adventures in Teaching: April 2012
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Blogging about my teaching experiences. 8220;Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”. 8213; Albert Einstein. Tuesday, 10 April 2012. After I took attendance and the students were settled down and finished with their, "Yah! Routine lol, I handed out the story they were to read, A Rose for Charlie. I took a picture of the notes on the board with my iphone and emailed them to the teacher. Gotta love technolo...
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Digital Footprint | molehills out of mountains
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Molehills out of mountains. Musings on Education, Leadership and Social Good. Cc flickr photo by LornaJane.net. As an educator who is passionate about technology, I believe that I have a responsibility to model digital learning and collaboration through the establishment of a Personal Web Presence. In addition to my blog, you can connect with me through a variety of social networks and web 2.0 tools. The list is growing, so check back frequently. My spaces on Posterous. 8211; a social media site where I ...
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Superheros, Superegos, and Student Discipline | molehills out of mountains
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Molehills out of mountains. Musings on Education, Leadership and Social Good. Superheros, Superegos, and Student Discipline. May 19, 2012. Cc flickr photo by brettjordan. How we treat our best students shows our aspirations; how we treat our most challenging students shows our values. Mendler and Curwin. But as I sat at my desk, looking at the student sitting across from me – eyes down, refusing to face me – I realized that in spite of his disrespectful attitude and defiant behavior,. By Allen Mendler an...
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(Power)Pointless or Purposeful? | molehills out of mountains
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Molehills out of mountains. Musings on Education, Leadership and Social Good. July 10, 2012. Cc flickr photo by p a h. Why do we ask kids to make presentations, on topics they don’t care about, to an audience that doesn’t exist? At last month’s ISTE conference, I had the pleasure of hearing both Gary Stager ( @garystager. And Chris Lehmann ( @chrislehmann. During his presentation, Chris correctly addressed a common misconception by stating that. Who participate in Capstone Projects. What ideas, or exampl...
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Empowering Students Through Authentic Relationships | molehills out of mountains
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Molehills out of mountains. Musings on Education, Leadership and Social Good. Empowering Students Through Authentic Relationships. July 7, 2012. Cc flickr photo by pmecologic. I have been giving some consideration to a recent post I read by John Spencer ( @johntspencer. Entitled 7 Thoughts on Bullying. 8220; Be Vulnerable:. Junior high principal by day, aspiring difference maker, and Jedi in my own mind. Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. View all posts by azjd ». Redefining the Principal ». Great post...
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