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Category Archive: managing change

Teacher Growth, Not Judgement

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High-stakes testing of student achievement does not improve student learning, and … high-stakes evaluation does not improve teacher […]

April 8, 2015 managing change, school culture

The Need For Recognition: School Award Ceremonies

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Don’t confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them. – Jackson Browne A couple of years ago […]

February 21, 2015 digital learning, managing change, school culture

Lifeworthy Learning: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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There is a crucial scene in the Stephen Spielberg movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where the […]

February 7, 2015 managing change

Liberating Learners From Their Dependency on Being Taught

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This weekend I attended the Teacher’ Overseas Recruiting Fair at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. I find this […]

January 25, 2015 digital learning, managing change

Embracing the Unmade Future

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“Everything is changing. All the time. And you can’t stop it. And your attempts to stop it actually […]

January 18, 2015 managing change, school culture

The Holy Grade: School Leadership is a Dangerous Business

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“Those who implement changes in assessment, grading, professional practices and policies risk not only confrontation, but also unpopularity, […]

December 20, 2014 managing change

Beyond the Rhetoric of Change

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A consistent message repeatedly expressed about schools today is that the need for change is urgent, compelling, imminent. […]

November 16, 2014 managing change

School Culture: The Impetus For Us to Become Leaders

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“Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers / Learn it by heart, that’s the rule / All I remember is dreading September and school”  – Mick Hanly

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November 2, 2014 managing change, school culture

Innovation in Education: An Empty Promise?

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While few doubt the need for schools to innovate, often, it seems, some school leaders – innovation chasers – those who are keen to attach the label of “innovator” to themselves, have failed to understand what innovation really means.

October 30, 2014 digital learning, managing change

Changing Schools: The Devil’s Advocate

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I always enjoy conversations with fellow educators about learning, but I am often somewhat bemused when Satan makes […]

October 19, 2014 managing change
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