Comments on: Simple Changes — Guest Author

By: Tony Coleman

Tony Coleman — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:02:15 +0000

Fantastic!
Christian you have absolutely nailed it.
REFLECTION,COLLABORATION and ACCOUNTABILITY.
Reflecting on what we do stops us from simply repeating the same activitity over and over again.
Collaborating in a team allows us to recocognise that that no individual has all the answers and that everyone is on the right track just sme people are further down the track than others.
And Accountability can be a good thing!

By: Steve J. Moore

Steve J. Moore — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:49:42 +0000

For a “math” person, you’re a darn good writer! You’ve very clear and thorough. Thanks for the post, I enjoyed it!

By: Kim Wren

Kim Wren — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:24:19 +0000

Well said Christian!! (via Bill) Couldn’t agree more- especially on the collaborative piece of this. Oh what we can accomplish if we can join forces and pull those resources and minds together. The most effective libraries (coming from me- a librarian) do just that- work hand in hand collaborating with teachers and finding multiple ways (including technology)to hit a concept. Learning takes on a whole new level if/when we finally get to where the TIS, the Librarian, the math specialist, the reading specialist, the teachers, all come together on their work, and combine to push those kids to new limits. It also pushes us as professionals to rethink how we do things, and makes us accountable in the fact we are becoming more transparent and open to new ideas and other ways of doing things when we are sharing with our colleagues a lesson, which only improves our merit as a teacher too… so it’s win win for the students and the staff. It takes a village to raise a child- but it also takes a village to make a great teacher too!!