question. When we go to a learning experience, why don't we share our
reflections with others on campus?
In my opinion, this lack of sharing, collaboration, and information hording
are relics of an older age, when each teacher in their classroom was
autonomous and did not have to connect with anyone. As I look to the journey
that I have taken over the past few years, I know that I have benefited from
the wisdom that I have gotten from those who have shared, either via
Twitter, live blogging, blog posts. It has allowed me to connect both
physically and virtually with a number of great educators, who have
continued to mentor me, teach me, and help me refine my practice on a daily
basis.
I have also made it my personal practice to not only share my learning,
thoughts and notes with those on my campus, but out to the larger group of
people so I can continue to share alike with all of those with whom I have
learned so much. I do this by both live and reflective blogging.
Just in the last five days, I have been able to gain new insights and
thoughts from other independent school teachers, Susan Carter Morgan, Liz
Davis, Sarah Hanawald, Jason Ramsden, and Jim Heyndrickx who were able to
attend EduCon in Philadelphia. Today, I was able to follow the thoughts and
reflections of Chris Bigenho, Jason Kern, Christian Long, and Jonathan
Martin who were sharing exciting discussions from Dr. Samuel Bertances,
Daniel Pink, and others at the ISAS Teacher's Conference.
Over the summer, I have had the chance to catch part of Urban School's
summer conference, Alan November's Building Learning Communities conference
when I haven't been able to attend due to other family commitments or a lack
of funding, either personal or reimbursed from the school to attend these
experiences. But by catching even bits and pieces, I am able to learn new
techniques and hear other's experiences to help forge the best practice
within our school culture and climate.
In a few weeks, because of the efforts of Chris Bigenho and other NAIS
bloggers and attendees, I will be able to capture some of the excitement and
further my learning in a conference which I have not been able to attend.
As we all work to shift the culture of our schools from that of a community
of teachers to one of a community of learners, we will need to continue to
support and encourage teachers and administrators to share what they have
learned. Oftentimes, it sparks new conversations and insights into new
research. It is our duty to share not only the notes that we take, but to
reflect and analyze what we may have learned and share both locally and
globally. In doing so, we are modelling the change which our students will
have to become comfortable with and expose ourselves to a pool of diverse,
deep thinkers, who will continue to challenge our practice daily.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:20 AM, Peter Richardson <richardson@rutgersprep.org
> wrote:
> Friends,
>
> In this time of tight budgets, we are looking for ways to leverage our PD
> dollars. We are thinking of establishing the expectation that upon return
> from a conference or workshop, faculty would share what they learned.
>
> I am wondering if anyone has a policy along these lines. If so, what is it
> and what method is used to share the information (emailing notes,
> presentation at a faculty meeting, post on CMS, etc)?
>
> Any thoughts would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Peter Richardson
> Director of Technical Services
> Rutgers Preparatory School
> 1345 Easton Avenue
> Somerset, NJ 08873
>
> 732-545-5600 x238
>
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