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The Sword

Posted in Executive Coaching, K-12 Education, Leadership, tagged , , , on August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Not long ago I received an e-mail from an old friend,
“Pete, our administrative team is a mess. We have a new superintendent who is being undercut by one of the principals, who just happens to be head of the administrators’ bargaining association, and is also personal friends with the Board president. We need your help.”
I [...]

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In School Days

Posted in Inspiration, K-12 Education, Poetry, Stories, tagged , , , , on August 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The beautiful last days of summer have brought me to the romantic poetry of the 19th Century. One room schoolhouses,inkwells, harsh masters, quiet children filled with joy as they burst from the schoolhouse door to play.
Whittier’s poem “In School Days” is a nostalgic look at a young girl who apologizes to the boy she loves [...]

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Conflicting Beliefs

Posted in Executive Coaching, K-12 Education, Leadership, Leadership Development, tagged , , , on August 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »

It’s not uncommon to set a goal as an individual or as a team and find out, as time goes by, that progress towards achieving it is minimal or non-existent. What happened to the initial enthusiasm of the stakeholders? A good place to look is our own, or our team’s ‘limiting and supporting’ beliefs.
Let’s look [...]

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Two Rarely Recognized Values of the Rubric

Posted in Constructivist Learning, Don Mesibov, Institute for Learning Centered Education, K-12 Education, Learning Styles, tagged , , , , on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m back from my annual canoe trip and ready to get back to work. Here is Don Mesibov’s latest constructivist newsletter.
pete
The Institute for Learning Centered Education Newsletter
Newsletter Edition: Volume 9, Issue 33
When we first begin to use a rubric, we usually assess the way we’ve always assessed, but use the rubric to put it [...]

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Constructivism in the Military and a Hockey All-Star

Posted in Constructivist Learning, Don Mesibov, Institute for Learning Centered Education, K-12 Education, Learning Styles, tagged , , , on August 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I’m leaving for my yearly canoe trip today and will be gone until next week; but I wanted to leave you with this great post from Don Mesibov. -
The Institute for Learning Centered Education Newsletter is republished with permission from Don Mesibov.
Date: August 4 , 2008 Newsletter Edition: [...]

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Your List of Essential Skills – Meme

Posted in Inspiration, K-12 Education, Meme, Transformation, journeys, tagged , , , , on August 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Doug Johnson poses and interesting question this week at the Blue Skunk Blog.
Imagine this. You have been granted the genie’s wish and can give your children or grandchildren ten skills with just the wave of a magic camel (or whatever). Would basic accounting stay on your list?”
Unfortunately, basic accounting did not make my Top Ten [...]

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