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Programs Don’t Teach Kids, Teachers Do! | Shelley Burgess
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. Programs Don’t Teach Kids, Teachers Do! August 17, 2013. They are certain they have created the perfect formulas for teaching argumentative writing, narrative writing, opinion writing, and informational writing, and they even include the perfect graphic organizers to go with them! 8220;We offer ELA, ELL, Math and PD programs that are built to ensure success with the Common Core.”. 8230;I get infuriated! Programs don’t teach kids, teachers do! It involves ...
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Lead Like a PIRATE | Shelley Burgess
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. Lead Like a PIRATE. May 11, 2013. And I wondered… shouldn’t we also lead like Pirates? If you are not familiar with Dave’s book, he uses the Pirate acronym to describe 6 traits essential to highly effective teaching, and I am convinced that they are also essential traits of highly effective leaders:. Educational leader, speaker, publisher. Happily married to PIRATE Captain @burgessdave and co-owner of DBC, Inc., an educational consulting and publi...I am ...
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Start With Appreciation – Further Thoughts on Language of Leadership | Shelley Burgess
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. Start With Appreciation – Further Thoughts on Language of Leadership. March 31, 2015. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog about the language we use as leaders, and I had a few more thoughts I wanted to share…. Each lesson we observed had moments that might be worthy of discussion on how to strengthen and enhance the experience for the students, but every one of them had moments that deserved appreciation. We appreciated she was structuring time for stude...
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March | 2015 | Shelley Burgess
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. Monthly Archives: March 2015. March 31, 2015. Start With Appreciation – Further Thoughts on Language of Leadership. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog about the language we use as leaders, and I had a few more thoughts I wanted to share…. Each lesson we observed had moments that might be worthy of discussion on how to strengthen and enhance the experience for the students, but every one of them had moments that deserved appreciation. We appreciated she ...
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. November 29, 2015. LeadLAP Challenge… E is for ENTHUSIASM. We encourage you to start this week by thinking about the communication that goes out directly from you to you your staff to your students to your parents and community. What percentage of that communication focuses on the amazing things happening in your school? If you were to keep a log of the phone calls you made to parents, would there be more negative messages or more positive ones? While thi...
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Teaching and Learning | Shelley Burgess
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. Category Archives: Teaching and Learning. July 25, 2016. Why Every Parent (and Educator) Should Play Pokemon Go. 8221; when we catch something new. I admit it… I am a highly educated 45 year old woman, and I am a Pokemon Go addict, and glad I am. I know I’m not alone… I’ve mingled with some of my peers recently who also make those sideways glances at their phones to see if a Pokemon has crossed their path! Getting outside and exploring our neighborhood:.
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Educational Leadership | Shelley Burgess
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. Category Archives: Educational Leadership. January 24, 2016. LeadLAP Challenge: L is for Learner. What’s awesome is that you are surrounded by a team of professional educators who can help you fill in your own learning gaps and contribute to your own professional growth on a daily basis… How cool is that? One of the biggest challenges people have with leading ANCHOR. Conversations is the “ Collaborative Conversations. Are learning from THEM. 8221; Putting...
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Mandates… How Do We Lead Them? | Shelley Burgess
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. Mandates How Do We Lead Them? January 27, 2015. It doesn’t matter your role in education there will always be mandates. Things that come down from above that you will be required to do – some of them you will agree with and others you won’t, but how we handle these mandates contribute to who we are and how others see us as leaders. 8221; Are you kidding me? For more of my thoughts on that topic! 8221; – that would have taken all of my influence as a...
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Ever Wish You Could Have a Do Over? | Shelley Burgess
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Reflections of an educational learner and leader. Ever Wish You Could Have a Do Over? July 26, 2013. Sometimes I wish I could have a “do over”. Remember those when we were kids? Vision, focus and clarity are critical to success. Your actions and words need to stay in constant alignment or you will throw people off course. Marcus Buckingham author of. The One Thing you Need to Know. B e explicit about how any new ideas, concepts or learning connect to your vision, focus, and message. So… while my be...
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