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Breaking Down Walls: October 2014
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Sunday, October 26, 2014. The New Teacher Seminar:books that work - Second in Series on Developing New Teachers. I recently gave a presentation at the PAIS Biennial Conference. Meeting with seasoned teachers and support staff, and building a personal learning network. Later this year we will read Peter Gow. S The Intentional Teache. These texts were selected with specific outcomes in mind:. Day to day success in classroom management and student learning. Creative planning for year two. Every teacher need...
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Breaking Down Walls: February 2015
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Sunday, February 22, 2015. From Beginner to Master Teacher - year two- the importance of mentors. Teachers gather in their evaluation cycle cohorts in opening of school meetings to write their goals for the year. Second year teachers meet as a group, discuss their plans for the year and share their written plans. Second year teachers' goals must address the recommendations growing out of the first year review. And with second year teachers each month to insure they are meeting and that they are working t...
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Breaking Down Walls: November 2014
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Friday, November 28, 2014. New Teacher Seminar:The Best Classroom Observations - Third in a series on developing new teachers. A first year teacher review three verbs in a high school Spanish class, a veteran choral teacher work with 7th and 8th grade boys, a second year teacher introduce the Buddha to a high school religion class, and an intern teach math to primary circle students. In each case, I was struck by the passion and care each brought to his or her work. We are more self-conscious. When t...
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Breaking Down Walls: April 2014
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Thursday, April 3, 2014. WEEK 26: What makes a great team mate? This week in SAVMP we are asked to consider what makes a great team mate. In thinking about the attributes I most value in my educational partners I would lift up the following three:. A relentless, laser focus on our mission as a school;. Willingness to always put students first. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I am the Assistant Head of School for Faculty and Program at Westtown School, West Chester, PA. View my complete profile. Engage and Mo...
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Breaking Down Walls: November 2013
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Monday, November 25, 2013. What is excellence in teaching in a Friends School Context? One of the critical conversations happening at Westtown School this year revolves around what it means to be an excellent teacher at this school with its particular mission. And once we have a standard how do we define and name its characteristics? I took these related questions with me to the recent Friends Council on Education. But then two other members of the group nodded in agreement and said that this was a theme...
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Breaking Down Walls: Making a Changemaker: Five Ways to Help Kids Find Their Cause
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Thursday, April 30, 2015. Making a Changemaker: Five Ways to Help Kids Find Their Cause. NPR’s Planet Money recently ran a story. About Madeline Messer, a 12 year old girl who wrote an op ed piece for the Washington Post. I remember being about the same age and writing to my US Senator about the lack of movies being made for children. I think that year there were no G rated movies. Senator Lugar’s office wrote back to me. I remember thinking at that moment that what I thought mattered. State, nation, eve...
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Breaking Down Walls: December 2013
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Sunday, December 1, 2013. Stewardship of Resources - a strand in excellent teaching. Recently, I wrote about the. As a means for developing a definition of excellent teaching. I believe that the Testimony on Stewardship provides a second basis for developing a Friends' school definition of excellence. Quite often stewardship has come to mean care for the earth and ecosystems we all share. American Friends Service Committee. What does it mean to be good stewards of our students and their education? Do we ...
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Breaking Down Walls: July 2014
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014. The first two lessons from six months as interim Principal. In another instance, I didn't like the direction a faculty member was heading with a process to support students. Business Cartoons For Sale for Commercial Purposes Free to Use in Blogs with attribution and link. Besides stepping in when I should wait, I found it all too tempting to send an email. Sunday, July 20, 2014. Freezing Green Beans and Reading Charles Wright. A week ago I finished reading Seamus Heaney's. Again),...
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Breaking Down Walls: New Teacher Seminar:The Best Classroom Observations --Third in a series on developing new teachers
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Friday, November 28, 2014. New Teacher Seminar:The Best Classroom Observations - Third in a series on developing new teachers. A first year teacher review three verbs in a high school Spanish class, a veteran choral teacher work with 7th and 8th grade boys, a second year teacher introduce the Buddha to a high school religion class, and an intern teach math to primary circle students. In each case, I was struck by the passion and care each brought to his or her work. We are more self-conscious. When t...
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Breaking Down Walls: January 2014
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Sunday, January 26, 2014. Week 20: The Art of Delegation #SAVMP. This week in SAVMP we are considering the importance of delegating tasks to succeeding as an administrator and insuring that our schools thrive. This topic resonates on several levels, the first of which is mere survival. Two weeks into my term as Interim Principal, people ask me how I am getting along. At the end of my first week I was thrilled to remember I had managed to get to the gym three times! Sunday, January 12, 2014. For students ...
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