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Monthly Archives August 2009

The New Curriculum Map

I found Gary Hayes and Laurel Papworth’s  Social Media Campaign image a few days ago via Steven Anderson’s (@web20classroom) Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom.  It broadened my thinking about the curriculum map due to my head of school in September.  I work at a middle school that strives to differentiate instruction by content, process, [...]

Posted 22 August 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Schools Need Teachers Like the One I Want To Be. So I’m Staying.

Where’s the game / In life / Behind the game / Behind the game
-Public Enemy, “He Got Game”
In reading Sarah Fine’s rationale for leaving teaching, I was stuck by her friends’ question, “Why teach?” Here’s my answer.

I teach because I want to learn. I want to figure out the best way to foster [...]

Posted 13 August 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

The Standard is Authenticity

Over at Twitter recently, @mctownsley pointed toward an earlier post at Edumacation about the tension between standards-based assessment and traditional grading.

Assessments, like any kind of data-based research, can be used by many people in many different ways.

One teacher might pump her fist in the air after seeing that 95% of her students passed this year’s reading [...]

Posted 09 August 2009 † Chad § Blog post ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

“Let Them Own It,” by Trevor Przyuski

Trevor Przyuski works as an instructional coach for Albemarle County Public Schools.  In, “Let Them Own It,” he writes about the tension between children’s authentic engagement with personally meaningful work and their struggles with traditional school work.  By sharing an anecdote from his own experience as a classroom teacher, Trevor offers a model of instructional [...]

Posted 07 August 2009 † Chad § Anecdote § Blog post § Cross post ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

“Walter’s Struggles and Accomplishments,” by Charlotte Wellen

I’m very grateful to be able to share with you the work going on at Murray High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Murray High School is “the world’s first Glasser Quality Public High School.” The school uses William Glasser’s Choice Theory and Quality Schools framework to re-engage students with the joy of learning. [...]

Posted 04 August 2009 † Chad § Blog post § Case study ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,