May God bless you with the foolishness
to think that you can make a difference
in the world, so that you will do the
things which others tell you cannot be
done. You have great days still ahead
of you. May there be many of them.
ASSESSMENT
"I wonder what would happen if we could build an education system that resembled the way people take on hobbies, interests and projects? It is uncanny the way in which hobbyists delve, learn and conquer what they don’t know about their own interests. I wish the same for my students, and I know that letting them make mistakes and LEARN from those errors is a window into increasing their levels of motivation. Take any group of people, a group of teachers would be no different, give them new information and tell them that the measure of their knowledge retention will be a one-shot test. The evidence of stress would be immediate, and for good reason. Retests, practice, simulation, modeling – call it what you want, but I think it is imperative that we construct learning environments in which mistakes are welcomed and examined, but most importantly, a natural part of the process."
Myron Dueck http://myrondueck.wordpress.com/
GALILEO
Two groups of administrators participated in Instructional Rounds at HW Pickup and Pioneer Schools this week.
The focus was on understanding what and how classroom practices and learning environments engage, and challenge students. Thank-you to the teachers who opened their doors and allowed administrators to improve their skill of seeing.
SMART LEARNING
Our lead teachers for Smart learning participated in two days of learning rounds this week.
Thank-you to Amanda Barrett, Rebecca Soppit and Katherine Autio for opening their classrooms for our lead teachers.
to think that you can make a difference
in the world, so that you will do the
things which others tell you cannot be
done. You have great days still ahead
of you. May there be many of them.
ASSESSMENT
"I wonder what would happen if we could build an education system that resembled the way people take on hobbies, interests and projects? It is uncanny the way in which hobbyists delve, learn and conquer what they don’t know about their own interests. I wish the same for my students, and I know that letting them make mistakes and LEARN from those errors is a window into increasing their levels of motivation. Take any group of people, a group of teachers would be no different, give them new information and tell them that the measure of their knowledge retention will be a one-shot test. The evidence of stress would be immediate, and for good reason. Retests, practice, simulation, modeling – call it what you want, but I think it is imperative that we construct learning environments in which mistakes are welcomed and examined, but most importantly, a natural part of the process."
Myron Dueck http://myrondueck.wordpress.com/
GALILEO
Two groups of administrators participated in Instructional Rounds at HW Pickup and Pioneer Schools this week.
The focus was on understanding what and how classroom practices and learning environments engage, and challenge students. Thank-you to the teachers who opened their doors and allowed administrators to improve their skill of seeing.
SMART LEARNING
Our lead teachers for Smart learning participated in two days of learning rounds this week.
Thank-you to Amanda Barrett, Rebecca Soppit and Katherine Autio for opening their classrooms for our lead teachers.
