100 Posts in 100 Days Yesterday, I shared our school’s propensity to use John Dewey’s quote about learning comes not from the experience, but from reflecting on experience. We have a second idea that we discuss often in our school which was shared with us by Dr. Kevin Mattingly, a Professor of Practice at the… More #41: Seminal Experiences: 360 Feedback That Is Used
100 Posts in 100 Days “We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” John Dewey This is a quote we use often at our school. In fact, this quote inspired what we call “Reflective Wednesdays”, dedicated time for reflective practice in teams on a fairly regular schedule. This quote rings true… More #40: Reflections on 40%
100 Posts in 100 Days In the last several months during the course of some coaching conversations, I’ve had “coachees” ask me some questions that have pushed me to be the person reflecting and to be explicit about some of my approaches, decision-making, and strategies. One of them even said, “Are you going to… More #39: Q & A: What Do School Leaders Need to Know About Assessment?
A teacher recently asked me a “how do you do that” in reference to working with groups of teachers. I shared 2 tips with her that I use regularly.… More #38: Q & A: How Do You Talk About The Work?
In the end, I don’t think it’s about what I did that matters the most. I think it’s about how I equipped people to do the work that they need to do that will have the biggest impact. … More #37: Q & A: What’s It Like to See Your Work Changed?
100 Posts in 100 Days In the last several months during the course of some coaching conversations, I’ve had “coachees” ask me some questions that have pushed me to be the person reflecting and to be explicit about some of my approaches, decision-making, and strategies. One of them even said, “Are you going to write… More #36: Q & A: How Did You Know What to Do?
100 Posts in 100 Days 35 cognitive scientists by retrievalpractice.org This is post #35 of 100 Posts in 100 Days and my day job is focused on the science of learning, so this list from the team at retrievalpractice.org just makes sense to share out. Searchable by topic, this list of 35 female cognitive… More #35: The Pulse
I’m 1/3 of the way to 100 Posts in 100 Days and I’m learning some things I never anticipated. … More #34: Unintended Learning (and 34% DONE!)
100 Posts in 100 Days This is the seventh, and final, post in a mini-series on lessons I learned from parents. Back in Post #21: Behind the Scenes: Developing 100 Posts in 100 Days, I noted that I was working on grouping my initial brainstorm list of topics into themes. Lessons learned from parents was… More #33: Notes on Lessons Learned from Parents
100 Posts in 100 Days This is the sixth in a series of blog posts about lessons learned from parents Characteristic of my last few posts, this one tells a story about a relationship with a mother. In many ways, this story is one of leadership and trusting myself, more than it is a story… More #32: “Lead Like Myself”