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Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Science teacher Happy Teacher Appreciation Week- now let’s make others appreciate you!! | DocSig 2.0- Principal's Principles Let me start this post by thanking each of you in the field of teaching for your service. I really do appreciate that, it involves more sacrifice than most people realize or appreciate. Teachers give up countless hours with their own families to spend it with the children of others and to improve the lives of children that are not theirs. A Schoolboy and His Teacher by Paul Gooddy Now that I’ve related my respect and admiration for you, I will probably say some things that may, at a minimum, make some educators uncomfortable, and may even make some angry. (scene from “Network”) I bring you one simple truth: your profession is under attack. A little economics lesson Finances by Salvatore Vuono Then something else happened: the economy tanked. This isn’t just about money As educators, we understand that finances are tight. School Bus by Arvind Balaraman I’ve joked to colleagues that public education is the only group that is now politically correct to take shots at. The Charter School myth

nashworld Briedwell Bulletin Wikis: Pulling It All Together Online Collaboration | Feature Wikis: Pulling It All Together Online Elementary teachers are using wikis in and out of the classroom. The collaborative, teacher-moderated technology allows educators to set up sites quickly and at little or no cost, creating instant learning resources for students. By Bridget McCrea10/20/10 David Lindsay discovered wikis in 2005, several years before collaborative Web 2.0 innovations would officially infiltrate the educational space. "I was looking for an easier, free way to manage the competition," said Lindsay, a fourth grade teacher and technology coordinator at Rosedell Elementary in Saugus, CA. "At the time, there was software available for what I wanted to do, but it was cost-prohibitive," said Lindsay, who was also challenged by the fact that Web site design five years ago still required the developers (in this case, the students themselves) to write code. For the last five years Lindsay has used wikis both in and out of the classroom.

Proj3ctConn3ct : Research. Infolit. Think. Share. Khan Academy Systems Thinking As the Door to Continuous Improvement MISSION: ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead. 1703 North Beauregard St. Alexandria, VA 22311-1714 Tel : 1-800-933-ASCD (2723) Fax : 1-703-575-5400 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST Monday through Friday Local to the D.C. area: 703-578-9600, press 1 Toll-free from the U.S. and Canada: 1-800-933-ASCD (2723), press 1 All other countries (International Access Code): +1-703-578-9600, press 1 ASCD recognizes and respects intellectual property rights and adheres to copyright law. Learn about our rights and permissions policies. Chapter 2. Each school is a complex living system with purpose. Every staff member must be regarded as a trusted colleague in the examination of assumptions and habitual practices. Whether the system is incompetent or competent depends on how it is understood by key stakeholders.

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