This is another snippet from an assignment in my master’s class on supervision and professional development, this time on my view of the purpose of supervision: The purpose of supervision (as it applies to the relationship between a school leader and school teachers) is: To assist in creating a tone A tone of respect A [...]
I’m currently enrolled in a master’s class from Lehigh University labeled “Supervision and Professional Development.” As part of the class we were asked to contribute a “best learning experience.” Given my enthusiasm for classroom tech, I offered the following submission: “The best learning experience I’ve had in the last couple of years is one that [...]
Wow, it’s been a few days since I’ve posted! I just got back from a meeting of EtonHouse-China principals in Suzhou. It was an action-packed, busy two days but we got covered a lot of territory–perhaps too much. The agenda covered a whole range of school-related issues, including marketing, next year’s calendar, staffing, upgrading and [...]
Interesting self-assessment here which attempts to identify how good we are at specific problem solving in the workplace. Produced by VitalSmarts.
I led the first day of our two-day professional development here at XHIS. Our current focus is adapting our base American curriculum into the MYP framework. (We’re already well on the way with the PYP.) Our task was to take our current curriculum documents and to transform them into a system more amenable to the [...]
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