Today, I was not working in my zone, my erg, my strengths. I feel like, on a scale of 1 to 5, I preformed at 2.
I have an awesome team of teacher leaders forming within our district. It is so exciting I just can't stand not shouting about it! My lead tech team is awesome! The level of investment in professional staff development they give is passionate. They only survive through the intrinsic motivation that feeds their desire to educate all children who pass through our hands.
Our grass roots teachers are becoming practitioners equipped with 21 century pedagogy and skills. If you haven't been following our posts over at the usd352summerinstitute07 blog, we have had 12 students in class for four six-hours days plus two virtual students working in "Web 2.0 and the Digital Classroom". I know I speak for the entire team when I say we are so proud of you. So many had to have day-care providers for two and more children and the entire team has sacrificed family time to attend. These teachers are not getting paid extra. They come to learn! Bravo! Teacher leaders? Absolutely!
The trick is keeping the momentum going and remaining an active participant in the "social networks" we are creating.
I leave you with a great post by Will Richardson at Weblogg-ed who writes about passionate based learning.
Enjoy!
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Thank you to Karla for being a leader of leaders. You saw a vision and shared it. Look what has been accomplished. Keep pushing us and keep sharing your visions.
Thanks to all the teachers who worked so hard and learned so much. I hope we can continue to learn together!
Hey Karla,
Thanks for the link, and thanks for using my book. It's been fun to read through your conversations, and I hope you all keep pushing your thinking as these changes come at us. Once you get on this train, it's hard to get off!
Best,
Will Richardson
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