I really enjoyed watching the Daniel Pink video about motivational techniques (the drawings were pretty cool). As a future leader, it is extremely important to know what motivates teachers and staff to produce "best work". I also believe it’s important to be supportive to staff and give them opportunities to think outside of the box and be creative. In education, we need to sometimes change the way we are doing things when students are failing and try new strategies. Why do we keep doing the same thing if it doesn’t work? Allowing staff to collaborate and be innovative in ways that will help ALL students learn. By giving staff an opportunity to brainstorm with peers gives them a sense of worth and purpose and that their ideas are important. Our first face to face class meeting in EAD 269 went well. A little overwhelmed by all the assignments but I'll be fine. I thought is was great to see other individuals from different school districts and we can learn from each other.
I agree with you Irene about all the assignments being a little overwhelming, they sure are giving us a full schedule this last semester but come winter break and we'll be all DONE!
ReplyDeleteYou also hit it on the nail with your comment about "Why do we keep doing the same thing if it doesn’t work?" This is such a logical comment but when put to action many teachers will revert back to bad teaching practices because it's comfortable and easy for them. New instructional strategies need to constantly be practiced before they become learned. Thanks for sharing.. ~Pat~