It’s About the Social

A few years ago, our superintendent scheduled an administrative meeting to discuss potential changes to our health care package. The fifteen-minute meeting was scheduled for late afternoon. There wasn’t a lot of doubt before the meeting that there would be very little “discussion.” The “potential” changes meant that the superintendent was recommending to the board [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2010 by John Schinker
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Zac’s Keynote

On July 6, 2009, we started the first week of workshops with teachers at Liwa Primary School in Cape Town, South Africa. We had spent the previous couple days learning as much as we could about this community. As a result of apartheid, many of teachers and learners lived in informal housing — shantys that [...]

Posted on March 10th, 2010 by John Schinker
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Teaching in Our Teens

In his breakout session at our March 5 inservice program, Zac Chase started with one question: What do you want to learn today? The session became a conversation between the presenter and participants, highlighting some online resources, some new ideas, and some different perspectives.
The topics discussed run the gamut from overcoming the challenges of time [...]

Posted on March 8th, 2010 by John Schinker
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