Wow dessert is already on the table. Linda will be our guest speaker for closing ceremonies and lunch will be served.
-While I know complained Friday about the technology issues most speakers had due to the copies of their presentations not getting here this was a pretty good gig.
-Quotes that popped up on the screen while I was waiting: Good idea for when people are coming in----There is a brilliant child locked up inside every student---Education has for it's object the character--Replace an empty mind with an open one ...malcom Forbes---Education is when you read the fine print---Every student can learn just not on the same day and in the same way ..Plato quote about children and education...They may forget what you said but they will-- Remember the way you made them feel!
-Chinese proverb....Education is not about filling the bucket, but lighting the fire!
-Jana Freiler pres of nassp.....Wow this thing is starting and it is empty. Guess lots of people outta here. I get extra dessert!
-Finally. Here's Linda----Developing powerful teaching. What principals should know and be able to do. We can do a lot together to help develop strong teachers but it is a vast endeavor
-But there are things Teaching in 21st is much ahead of 20th
-She showed Ferris Beuler's clip of his social studies teacher
-We need someone who not only knows the content but someone who can be a more effective teacher by making connections to that contact
--Clip of teacher explaining properties of cytoplasm....
-Students have to be okay with making a mistake and they need to know they will not be ridiculed by classmates
-Effective teachers-Engage students in active learning
-Create intellectually ambitious tasks
-Use a variety of teaching strategies
-Assess student learning continuously and adapt teaching to student needs-
-effective scaffolds and supports
-Provide clear standards, constant feedback and opportunities for revising work
-Develop and effectively manage the classroom community
-Equitable teaching
-They have ways to know and understand kids
-They See hear and understand each child
-Great teachers are ones who find a way to motivate
-Good teachers matter greatly
-Research finds that student learning isnrelated to Teachers strong academic background
-Quality preparation prior to entry
-Certification in field taught
-Experience 3 years or more National board certified
-Curriculum is a mile wide and an inch deep
-Professional development is hit and run
-Teachers in the us teach more hours with less planning time
-They also have significantly less professional development and learning
-SUCCESSFUL transportation beyond reconstitution
-The Benwood Initiative in Chatanooga schools
-Sent from my iPad
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