What students want. Teacher Notes Years ago I was asked to take part in a community group looking to address the gap in activities for young adults after school in our town. I was quite impressed with the group that was assembled but I noticed a glaring exclusion. I raised my hand and was recognized by the chairperson. I said, “We are missing a very important element here.” She responded, “Jerry, we have the Superintendent, School Board members, all the principals, members of the clergy, the police captain of the local precinct, elected officials, presidents of all the PTA’s, members of the Chamber of Commerce and business community and of course you representing the library (I was the President of the Library Board of Trustees & VP of one of the areas HS PTAs.).”
I replied: “How come we do not have any young members of the community here? We are here to make decisions about them and they should be heard.” Professional development catalogue. National School Reform Faculty. ASCD. Home | Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. CNA Education Staff Portal - CNA Education Staff Portal. What Makes Good Teachers Great - ASCD Annual Conference 2012. Laura Varlas “In medicine, lives are lost in the slim margins between good and great,” surgeon and Harvard medical professor Atul Gawande told conference attendees at the second general session of ASCD’s Annual Conference.
Gawande, who has written several articles and best-selling books, including The Checklist Manifesto, has spent his career mining the nuances that separate competence from excellence. During his talk, he investigated a core dilemma common to helping professionals in fields like teaching and medicine: despite expertise, “we all get different results.” To illustrate this point, among the clinics specializing in caring for patients with cystic fibrosis, there is a 13-year difference in life expectancy rates between patients at the very best clinics and those at good clinics.
On the surface, Gawande saw no difference between these clinics. “Genius doesn’t make you great; how you work in a system does,” he observed. That’s a narrow road to success, Gawande argues. Twitter 101: Tips & Tricks. Q+A: Education expert Prof John Hattie - TV News Video. Twitter for Teachers.