Friday Conversations

“Rudy, Rudy, Rudy…” The unsung hero often deserves all the credit. Let’s talk about how we can identify the hidden strategies that don't have all the glitz and glamour but deserve to be celebrated and repeated.

1:1 Observation and feedback may have its place, but nothing moves schools forward better and faster than bringing groups together to observe, learn, and discuss what’s happening at the student level. Let’s look at ways to model the medical rounds process in our schools.

We know we want teachers to be facilitators who get out of the way to let students shine. Do we do the same for teachers? How do we promote, support, and even require leadership at all levels? How do we get comfortable ceding “control” for the betterment of our schools and our people?

Do we really embrace a growth mindset? What does it mean to allow for adult mistakes and failures on our way to improved models of teaching adn learning? What would it take to let innovation trump compliance?