Tag: professional development
July 16, 2012
Early Childhood Education, News
July 16th, 2012
Local News Delaware State News Five downstate elementaries named Focus schools Schools across Delaware will receive extra support and/ or funding as part of the state’s new school classification system. Dr. Michael Thomas, Superintendent of Capital School District which has two Focus schools, says “We look forward to the opportunity to have...VIEW ARTICLE
Now is the Time to Reimagine Teaching
June 18th, 2012
The Delaware Department of Education announced that eleven schools will participate in the Race to the Top teacher incentive program - providing highly-effective educators that demonstrate substantial growth with their students $10,000 dollars to continue teaching at their high-need schools. As someone who has firsthand experience as both an...VIEW ARTICLE
Bring Out the Game Film!
May 25th, 2012
A while back, I watched one of the sessions coach John Gruden conducted with then NFL quarterback prospect Andrew Luck in which they dissected game film and I got to thinking: Why don’t we do this as educators? For sports, this makes sense - we all know that football and basketball are games of inches where teams practice more than they play in...VIEW ARTICLE
TNTP Report Outlines Recipe to Cultivate a High-Performing School
April 2nd, 2012
In education, as most endeavors, people always look for the silver bullet – that one thing that will make the difference between bad and good or good and great. And while I firmly believe there is no magic wand to wave in education, TNTP’s recently published report Greenhouse Schools: How Schools Can Build Cultures Where Teachers and Students...VIEW ARTICLE