Dr. Jeffrey Wilhelm and I were recently asked by educator and author Larry Ferlazzo to respond to the question: HOW CAN WE KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED WITHOUT CARROTS & STICKS? My response originally appeared at Education Week here and was cross posted at my blog. Becoming a father and making the transition to teaching primary students (as a...
As a school administrator and former special education teacher, I have tremendous respect and high regard for teachers. Occasionally, the teaching field can be extremely-difficult, stressful, and full of delayed gratification. Teachers are the “front-line force” for implementing a school district and school building’s goals and objectives. It is teachers that face the numerous...
In October, I posted an idea here called FedEx Prep: Time For Innovation. Based on the ideas discussed by Daniel Pink, in his book “Drive“, the idea was to increase innovation in our school by offering something that is needed: time. Now, I realize that the FedEx Day (Based on the idea from Atlassian)...
There are always obstacles to innovation for teachers; time and focus on curriculum can often hinder creativity and design. After reading Daniel Pink’s “Drive” and listening to Tony Wagner speak, I reflected on Atlassian’s idea of “FedEx Day”,where …to spark greater creativity among his team, and to make sure Atlassian’s programmers were having fun...
(This was originally posted on my blog on August 24th. Whether you agree with awards or not, this is definitely something we have to open the conversation on. As administrators, we must continuously revisit what our schools do and accept that ‘tradition’ is not a good enough reason to continue on with practice.) I...
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