I have to admit that I watch the reality show called “Supernanny”. If you arent’t familiar with the show the concept is pretty simple: the Supernanny (family consultant) is invited into a family by parents that are being driven nuts by their children. I began watching the program as a guilty pleasure; but soon [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Leadership Help from the Supernanny
Posted in Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Development, Transformation, tagged accountability, educational consulting, educational leadership, Supernnany on January 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Times Are Changing
Posted in Educational Technology, K-12 Education, One Laptop per Child, infrastructure, tagged CItrix, networking, virtualization on January 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A mythical Ed Tech Leader reflects on his mythical network.
I’ve got a network and it works fairly well. I’ve got just enough technical staff to keep things running and our heads above water. We’re doing our best to replace the older and more obsolete computers; but the budget is shrinking and it’s getting harder to [...]
The Waterhole
Posted in Learning on January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The two of us wrapped our hands around our coffee cups and settled in at the meeting table in his office. He moved a stack of papers and a three ring binder to give us a little more room to work.
“I just got back from a meeting with a representative from the state school boards [...]
What Gets Measured Gets Done
Posted in K-12 Education, Leadership, Transformation, tagged assessment, measurement, mission statements, vision on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Obviously, transformative change in k-12 education has been slow to materialize. In my last post I presented 11 school district Mission statements and made the point that essentially every one of these statements is fully supportive of the outcomes we would like transformative change to deliver. Here are just a few of the outcomes mentioned [...]
