Leading From The Heart

by Tracy Rosen, teaching & consulting since 1996, blogging about it here since 2007. All views are my own and you should take them with a grain of salt, I do.

Tracy Rosen

Developing dreams, reaching our highest potential

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“AI’s fundamental approach of seeking to discover, honor, and amplify what works, the life-giving elements, is a “system” process that works at all levels, with individual students, one-on-one student-teacher relationships, classrooms, schools, school districts and communities.” from Leadership at Every Level: Appreciative Inquiry in Education by Rich Henry Appreciative Inquiry, for me, seems so logical, … Developing dreams, reaching our highest potential

classroom management taken a step (or 2) too far

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Image: Tantrum by Chirag Rathod made available on flickr via a creative commons license. Kindergartner Charged With Felony Tantrum slate.com A school called the police on a child in kindergarten who was having a temper tantrum. The child was arrested and a police report was written. I’d love to know the rationale behind that, or … classroom management taken a step (or 2) too far

Reflective Practice

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The following is a rather lengthy quote, but I feel compelled to include it here. It is so revealing of the influence that teachers have on the students and the cultures of their classrooms. The quote describes a reflective period in a mini-action research cycle of one teacher – go to the article to see … Reflective Practice

nature AND nurture: how our attitudes to learning can affect learning

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Stressed-out parents may also tend to focus their child’s attention on negative events, the researchers add, which leads to a phenomenon called “attention bias” toward threat, making them more likely to see threats in their environment and to focus more intensely on these threats. from Genes plus parenting may promote shyness, anxiety on CNN, March … nature AND nurture: how our attitudes to learning can affect learning

To middle school or not to middle school?

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“…some middle school experts argue that school reconfiguration is a costly distraction from what adolescents really need: smaller classes, an engaging curriculum, personalized attention and well-prepared teachers.” I agree! Instead of looking at complicated school reconfigurations, I would take a much more grass-roots approach. No matter where they are, children in middle-school need classes tailored … To middle school or not to middle school?