Change
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Observable Impact- The Heartbeat of Enduring Change
How many of you have attended professional development (PD) sessions at a school, division/district, province/state, national or international level? Okay, get your hands up so I can see them. A big question is coming, so get ready. How many of you implemented the professional learning from these sessions as soon as you got back to class?…
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Unpacking the term “ALL Learners” in an RTI context.
Well, it has been WAY too long since I have chiseled out time to do some serious reflective thinking. As I mentioned in a prior blog post, my school division collectively developed a continuous improvement plan in the spring of 2017. We are now waist deep in looking at our first priority – Responding to…
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The Journey of Continuous Improvement
I first placed my toe into the world of staff development and continuous improvement some thirteen plus years ago. My high school principal was concerned with student achievement results that he had been reviewing. He wanted to see consistent improvement of all students’ achievement. He believed that building teacher capacity in three key areas: curriculum…
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Change: Fear of the Unknown or . . . . ?
When I was student nurse back in 1988, improvement of skill set and practice was an inherent component of the working environment, not just for students’ but for certified nurses as well. Nurses were constantly having to adapt to new technologies and techniques that were being introduced. Having left the nursing program over 25 years ago,…
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