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All posts in August 2009

Should process trump content?

Posted on August 23, 2009Author Tracy RosenPosted in Classroom, Pedagogy10 Replies

You know, I used to think this. I used to think that as long as we taught the right tools our kids would be able to use them anywhere. They’d just plug in the right content and be done with it. It was the process that they needed to learn. Who cared about all that…

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The winding down of summer vacation

Posted on August 22, 2009Author Tracy RosenPosted in InspirationLeave a Reply

This time of year always seems rather unreal. Logically I know that my vacation is waning – the stark reality is that I head back to work next Wednesday but until I walk into the school, it doesn’t seem real. Even though I have definitely been thinking about the school year to come. I started…

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What I mean by teachers being the only real agents of school reform

Posted on August 20, 2009Author Tracy RosenPosted in Reform2 Replies

This post is actually a comment in the conversation around school change over at Public School Insights – Casting Call for Teachers. It’s pretty much in the same state, maybe an extra sentence or two. I think it helps to clarify what I mean when I say “Teachers are the only real agents of school…

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doing the right things or doing things right

Posted on August 15, 2009Author Tracy RosenPosted in leadership7 Replies

Came across this quote on my iGoogle page today: Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. – Peter Drucker I’m reading this in terms of classroom leadership. And in light of the recent conversations about teaching and teachers that have been erupting across the blogosphere. (Read my last few posts to…

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The quality of teaching is not strained

Posted on August 12, 2009Author Tracy RosenPosted in leadership, Teaching6 Replies

The more I think about recent conversations around teaching – about why some people leave, and others don’t, about why some choose it over more lucrative or socially respected professions (in some circles) – the more this phrase spins in my head: The quality of teaching is not strained Of course, that was stolen from…

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