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Instructional coaches (IC's) are one group that are a bit more removed from students. Don't jump to any negative conclusions with that last sentence. What I mean is that, although they impact students in positive ways, they are a bit more separated from the consistent daily involvement that classroom teachers have with students.
Instructional coaches can have an enormous impact on the teaching and learning that happens in a school. Technology coaches help bridge the learning gap between teachers and technology. Content coaches can help teachers gain a better understanding of standards and subjects. Instructional coaches can help teachers improve their instructional practices in any subject at any time.
There are at least five reasons why schools should have instructional coaches. It's not that all teachers are weak and need help. It's about the idea that we all have blind spots (Otto Scharmer) and coaches can help others see their blind spots. According to this article in the New Yorker, even doctors have coaches to help them improve and see their blind spots.
Learn more:
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/education-collaboration-and-coaching-the-future/
Instructional coaches (IC's) are one group that are a bit more removed from students. Don't jump to any negative conclusions with that last sentence. What I mean is that, although they impact students in positive ways, they are a bit more separated from the consistent daily involvement that classroom teachers have with students.
Instructional coaches can have an enormous impact on the teaching and learning that happens in a school. Technology coaches help bridge the learning gap between teachers and technology. Content coaches can help teachers gain a better understanding of standards and subjects. Instructional coaches can help teachers improve their instructional practices in any subject at any time.
There are at least five reasons why schools should have instructional coaches. It's not that all teachers are weak and need help. It's about the idea that we all have blind spots (Otto Scharmer) and coaches can help others see their blind spots. According to this article in the New Yorker, even doctors have coaches to help them improve and see their blind spots.
Learn more:
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/07/10/education-collaboration-and-coaching-the-future/
Great read! Instructional coaching is definitely something that I will research and focus on when in an administrative position.
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Emotional intelligence is the "something" in each of us that is a bit intangible. It affects how we manage behavior, navigate social complexities, and make personal decisions that achieve positive results. Emotional intelligence consists four core skills that pair up under two primary competencies: personal competence and social competence.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=EQ
Emotional intelligence is the "something" in each of us that is a bit intangible. It affects how we manage behavior, navigate social complexities, and make personal decisions that achieve positive results. Emotional intelligence consists four core skills that pair up under two primary competencies: personal competence and social competence.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=EQ
EQ is easily one of the most necessary, yet under-sought character skill sets for effective leadership and management! EQ was once the result of years of trial and error regarding effective social interactions. As the article suggests we all have the capacity for EQ, the challenge rests, however in actively nurturing (through targeted practice) our efforts at successfully employing and improving our EQ abilities, or characteristics.
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Successful leaders know that they must get out of their comfort zone to succeed. Great leaders from history are those who have spent a large amount of their time outside their comfort zone.
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Leaders who take risks and step into their learning zone are those that succeed. It’s only when you can give up what’s safe and familiar that you create opportunities and develop new capabilities. As you do, you expand your influence and gain the skills required to take on bigger and bigger challenges.
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In this sense, leaders are self-made and not born, they are developed, not promoted. Leadership is a learned skill that is developed as you step out of your comfort zone.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=LeaderShip
To be a fearless, 360 leader you have to step outside of your comfort zone. The experience provides the opportunity for growth! #leadupchat #edchat #mschat
Vygotsky talked of the Zone of Proximal Development, and this article is in line with that foundational philosophy about learning. When we think about improving schools, both of Vygotsky and this article apply. We need leaders, teachers, and students operating outside their comfort zone, taking risks, setting goals, and learning. There is a danger in struggling schools to push too hard and move buying the productive zone for learning. This article speaks well to that aspect of learning. With good intentions, leaders at building, district, and state level often push a school and omits staff beyond the productive learning zone into the danger zone. This is done through programs, initiatives, and monitoring often with the goal of providing support, but with the result of overwhelming the school and staff.
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Professional Development in Other Countries
The Shanghai teacher and Singapore teacher ratios of teaching time to collaboration time reveal even larger disparities. The Shanghai teacher reported teaching 15 hours a week and collaborating 7.5 hours a week. The Singapore teacher spends 18 hours teaching and 15 hours collaborating each week. Spending so much time collaborating with other teachers every week is not a reality for U.S. teachers who feel lucky to chat with their colleagues at lunch or in biweekly faculty meetings.
The differences in professional development systems do not end here though. In Singapore, teachers are expected to do 100 hours of professional development (paid by the ministry of education) every year. That would be 500 hours in five years. In Shanghai, teachers are expected to do a minimum of 360 hours of professional development every five years -- compare that to the mere 120 hours of professional development that is typically required of U.S. teachers every five years.
Learn more:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/
Professional Development in Other Countries
The Shanghai teacher and Singapore teacher ratios of teaching time to collaboration time reveal even larger disparities. The Shanghai teacher reported teaching 15 hours a week and collaborating 7.5 hours a week. The Singapore teacher spends 18 hours teaching and 15 hours collaborating each week. Spending so much time collaborating with other teachers every week is not a reality for U.S. teachers who feel lucky to chat with their colleagues at lunch or in biweekly faculty meetings.
The differences in professional development systems do not end here though. In Singapore, teachers are expected to do 100 hours of professional development (paid by the ministry of education) every year. That would be 500 hours in five years. In Shanghai, teachers are expected to do a minimum of 360 hours of professional development every five years -- compare that to the mere 120 hours of professional development that is typically required of U.S. teachers every five years.
Learn more:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/is-your-professional-development-up-to-date/
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I am an adjunct faculty for several teacher education and educational technology programs. I have been so for a few decades. During that time I have noticed the changing nature of student behavio...
Accountability is one side of the coin. Appreciation is the other. Be accountable today and show appreciation to others being accountable and today and every day in every way will be better
This graphic looks ideal for prompting student reflection and self evaluation.
Great tips to see if you are using a growth mindset!
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Daniel Goleman, in his article “Leadership That Gets Results”, has identified six different leadership styles, and he believes that good leaders will adopt one of these six styles to meet the needs of different situations.
None of the six leadership styles by Daniel Goleman are right or wrong – each may be appropriate depending on the specific context. Whilst one of the more empathetic styles is most likely to be needed to build long-term commitment, there will be occasions when a commanding style may need to be called upon, for example, when a rapid and decisive response is required.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=LeaderShip
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Daniel-GOLEMAN
While type does matter - I believe a successful leader has a bit of all
What is your leadership style!
The best leaders don’t know just one style of leadership – they are skilled at several, and have the flexibility to switch between styles as the circumstances dictate.
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Carol Dwek's Mindset is based on a lot of research she has done over the years. It has applications throughout higher education.
nice set of links about Carol Dweck's Mindset Theory. Every parent needs to know what Carol Dweck discovered in her research.
So one who wants to make a change must have a positive outlook on new situations or task that they are not used to?
This article is about how one can gain or become a part of the group that is a growth mind set. You gain success or become a better person by following these changes.
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The most powerful thought this article provokes, is the need to empower children to feel independent and take pride in their ideas. Education is no longer about a tedious transfer of information but facilitating innovation in learning and debating differences. This will call for a radical change in the way we view our education system, especially in India. We claim to mimic the traditional Gurukul system which called for experiencing life while learning from it; but we go against every construct of experience and believe that recall of knowledge is way to suceed. The Social Media could contribute greatly in this process of debate, as long as we put in regulators to help people focus.
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![5 Keys to Inspiring Leadership, No Matter Your Style [Infographic] | Tidbits, titbits or tipbits? | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/Yx6n8qJdZXNHm-TrF6Of7zl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Inspiring greatness is all about leading by example. The best leaders have these habits in common.
Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes again! Great rescoop from Gust Mees!
Do you think Leadership is a 21st Century skill?
useful infographic - keeping it simple but often forgotten
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Successful leaders know that they must get out of their comfort zone to succeed. Great leaders from history are those who have spent a large amount of their time outside their comfort zone.
.
Leaders who take risks and step into their learning zone are those that succeed. It’s only when you can give up what’s safe and familiar that you create opportunities and develop new capabilities. As you do, you expand your influence and gain the skills required to take on bigger and bigger challenges.
.
In this sense, leaders are self-made and not born, they are developed, not promoted. Leadership is a learned skill that is developed as you step out of your comfort zone.
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Learn more:
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=LeaderShip
To be a fearless, 360 leader you have to step outside of your comfort zone. The experience provides the opportunity for growth! #leadupchat #edchat #mschat
Vygotsky talked of the Zone of Proximal Development, and this article is in line with that foundational philosophy about learning. When we think about improving schools, both of Vygotsky and this article apply. We need leaders, teachers, and students operating outside their comfort zone, taking risks, setting goals, and learning. There is a danger in struggling schools to push too hard and move buying the productive zone for learning. This article speaks well to that aspect of learning. With good intentions, leaders at building, district, and state level often push a school and omits staff beyond the productive learning zone into the danger zone. This is done through programs, initiatives, and monitoring often with the goal of providing support, but with the result of overwhelming the school and staff.
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Suspends Judgment – Silences the Inner Critic
The ability to hold off on judging or critiquing an idea is important in the process of creativity. Often great ideas start as crazy ones – if critique is applied too early the idea will be killed and never developed into something useful and useable. (note – this doesn’t mean there is never a time for critique or judgement in the creative process – it’s actually key – but there is a time and place for it). (http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/05/09/9-attitudes-of-highly-creative-people/)
Many new ideas, because they are new and unfamiliar, seem strange, odd, bizarre, even repulsive. Only later do they become “obviously” great. Other ideas, in their original incarnations, are indeed weird, but they lead to practical, beautiful, elegant things. Thus, it is important for the creative thinker to be able to suspend judgment when new ideas are arriving, to have an optimistic attitude toward ideas in general.
Tolerates Ambiguity
Ambiguity tolerance may be… the “willingness to accept a state of affairs capable of alternate interpretations, or of alternate outcomes,” (English & English 1958). In other words, ambiguity tolerance may be central to creative thinking. (http://knowinnovation.com/tolerating-ambiguity/#sthash.XqxhaQh3.dpuf)
With the toleration of ambiguity, creativity gives way to new ideas, stimulates the acceptance of others’ viewpoints, and thus raises tolerance, understanding and cooperation. (http://www.academia.edu/2506344/Creative_climate_as_a_means_to_promote_creativity_in_the_classroom
Persists Even When Confronted with Skepticism & Rejection
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity
From the article: "Mindsets are simply defined as 'the ideas and attitudes with which a person approaches a situation.' Mindsets imply that mental and attitudinal states can assist one in being successful with a given skill set. I believe this to be true for engaging in the creative process, that a creative mindset is a prerequisite to being creative." Of particular interest to brainstormers.
Creatives are simultaneously essential and aggravating. You know who you are, you are the person at the board table asking why? No one wants to answer you so they pass you over. But that is one of the strongest attributes of a creative mind: why? Why have we always done it this way? Why are we promoting our products this way? Why are we meeting?
Ask one why question a day - just to keep limber.
I love the graphic here and so agree with this overview of creativity
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It's important to recognize that a growth mindset is an overall paradigm for personal development rather than a pedagogical tool for measuring academic accomplishment.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=mindset
It's important to recognize that a growth mindset is an overall paradigm for personal development rather than a pedagogical tool for measuring academic accomplishment.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=mindset
Working with learners of low SES and whose environment more often than not ensures they have a fixed mindset, it is important that we help them to redefine what success is. Too often it is fixed around being rich, having a big car, house, jewellery etc. These learners then become preoccupied with looking for the short-cut to success, to the riches they believe will make them happy. It doesn't work out like that of course. How then to help the alter their thinking?
Dweck's work is essential in this. But as this article states it cannot be seen as "a task to complete". It requires a shift in thinking of all in an organisation, a movement for a whole-school way of thinking, involving also parents or carers. This article by Costa, Garmston and Zimmerman provides a solid basis for promoting growth mindsets in educators.
This article is not specifically related to ICT but it makes some points that all teachers need to consider: how to deal with change, how to grow as a professional, how to collaborate.
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Interesting perspectives. Also, U.K. have just given employees the right to ask for flexible working hours and the right to expect a reasonable answer, whether affirmative or not.
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America is currently facing a crisis of leadership in business and in government. Yet at the same time – participation in leadership seminars and programs has never been higher. The leadership industry, with many of its roots in America, is now a $50 billion industry. If America is so good at [...]
Kellerman explains that the current state of leadership is no better understood or produced than it was 40 years ago and that followers are becoming more and more disenchanted by those who are leading them.
Though the leadership industry thrives, leadership in practice is declining in performance.
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Kellerman explains that the current state of leadership is no better understood or produced than it was 40 years ago and that followers are becoming more and more disenchanted by those who are leading them.
Though the leadership industry thrives, leadership in practice is declining in performance.
Learn more.
Hence the trend being many organisations and practitioners not endorsing American based approaches and either creating their own locally as well as those of Europe, Asia and Middle East many of which are currently producing better economic outcomes.
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Resiliency is about handling stress, uncertainty and setbacks well — in other words, maintaining equilibrium under pressure.
And in our modern lives, whether we are at school, at work, or at home, there is no shortage of pressure.
Maintaining our equilibrium is something, it seems, we all need these days.
There is something you can do — everyday if you would like — to help build your resilience, your capacity to weather stressful events.
It's journalling.
Keeping a journal can foster resiliency.
CCL recommends using "learning journals" or "reflection journals" as tools for gaining insight into your leadership experiences.
The process of writing and reflection builds self-awareness, encourages learning and opens the door to adaptability.
The form and content of your journal is a matter of individual choice. However, when you do sit down to make a journal entry about an experience that has challenged your equilibrium, we recommend it have three parts:
✤ The event or experience.
Describe what occurred as objectively as possible.
Don't use judgmental language.
Stick to the facts.
What happened?
Who was involved?
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
✤ Your reaction.
Describe your reaction to the event as factually and objectively as possible.
What did you want to do in response to the event?
What did you actually do?
What were your thoughts?
What were your feelings?
✤ The lessons.
Think about the experience and your reaction to it.
What did you learn from the event and from your reaction to it?
Did the event suggest a development need you should address?
Do you see a pattern in your reactions?
Did you react differently than in the past during similar experiences and does that suggest you are making progress or backsliding on a valuable leadership competency?
So remember, capture the event or experience in objective language, describe your reaction, then note the lessons you might get from it.
CCL uses journaling as part of almost all our leadership development program experiences and we emphasize with our participants that learning doesn't come from the "doing" but in the "reflecting on the doing."
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reflexive memoing is a key qualitative method, use it.
I find it hard to spend the time on making a journal work. I suspect it is because I have not thought about resilience and reaction to situations. The short lists here provide a useful guide - and by focusing on my reaction I can give my self a chance to use demanding events/situations more productively.
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Interesting infographic that maps 7 different approaches to leading a team or project
![7 Project Manager Personalities-Which Are YOU? [Infographic] | Tidbits, titbits or tipbits? | Scoop.it](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/7f/a4/da/7fa4dadb5659cfc9388e8fb6d06c0173.jpg)
Click this link to access the Infographic:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C318Ja6XAAE7dOD.jpg:large
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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Creativity
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=creativity