Educated Visions

What Can We Learn?

A Teacher learns every day they are in the classroom.  Each student has something to Teach.  What if the Teacher went into school each day to be a learner?  Yes, there are lesson plans and curriculum that need to be taught.  What if it wasn't Teaching at all?  What if the plans concepts became a learning tool for both the Teacher AND the student?

Communities of Learning

What would our schools look and feel like today if they were truly communities of learning? Imagine if all the stakeholders in the school community truly identified themselves as learners. All of us, administrators, parents, teachers, board members, and of course our students, acknowledging that what we don’t yet know is a more powerful motivator in our lives than what we claim to know. What would the conversation sound like in our staff meetings and our board meetings? What approach would we take to a phone call with a dissatisfied parent or a child who has been sent to the Principal’s office? How would we present our ideas in our professional associations? How would we respond to the ideas of other?

A Vision Of Collaboration

Where does Coaching fit into Collaboration?  In schools there are many different levels of collaboration, beginning with the student and going all the way up to the Superintendent.  Coaching offers the opportunity for each person to find their own unique contribution to the development of the group.  Here's a thought...