RADICAL LEARNERS
This blog by Jim Knight explores the concept of radical learners who:
- believe we are here on earth to learn
- use technology to learn, teach, or lead (and because it’s cool)
- know that to teach without hope is to damage, but to teach with hope can save the world
- don’t blame others but accept personal responsibility for whatever task they take on
- infect everybody with their love of learning; most important, the children they teach
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AN INTERVIEW WITH ZARETTA HAMMOND
Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing Zaretta Hammond before TLC regarding her work in the field of education. Zaretta is a national education consultant and author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor for...
Are You Coaching or Providing Technical Support?
In my work, I meet a lot of coaches who are struggling because they can’t seem to fit what they do into their model for coaching. Sometimes this conflict arises because coaches have learned to be facilitative coaches when they are expected to be dialogical coaches. ...
AN INTERVIEW WITH RANDY SPRICK AND TRICIA MCKALE-SKYLES
Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Randy and Tricia, of Safe and Civil Schools, about their work surrounding coaching and behavior. You can read the full interview below. In the weeks leading up to our annual conference, I’ll be posting interviews with...
The One Thing That Can Most Damage a Coaching Relationship
Conversations will almost always fail when they involve what Michael Fullan refers to as judgmentalism. Fullan writes, “One of the ways not to develop capacity is through criticism, punitive consequences, or what I more comprehensively call judgementalism....
AN INTERVIEW WITH KRISTIN ANDERSON
Kristin Anderson will be keynoting at this year's TLC conference, and we're thrilled.Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with Kristin about her ideas surrounding trust in our school system and the effect it has on teacher effectiveness and student achievement. You...
Seeing Reality: Feedback that Moves Coaching Forward
Accountability. Qualitative Feedback. Quantitative feedback. Data. Evaluation. These words loom over educators and schools every day. Often, these terms carry connotations of “reward and punishment” and “top-down management style,” concepts that are typically at odds...
