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What's high school for?

Perhaps we could endeavor to teach our future the following:

• How to focus intently on a problem until it's solved.
• The benefit of postponing short-term satisfaction in exchange for long-term success.
• How to read critically.
• The power of being able to lead groups of peers without receiving clear delegated authority.
• An understanding of the extraordinary power of the scientific method, in just about any situation or endeavor.
• How to persuasively present ideas in multiple forms, especially in writing and before a group.
• Project management. Self-management and the management of ideas, projects and people.
• Personal finance. Understanding the truth about money and debt and leverage.
• An insatiable desire (and the ability) to learn more. Forever.
• Most of all, the self-reliance that comes from understanding that relentless hard work can be applied to solve problems worth solving.

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Seth hits the nail on the head here.

It is not about Standardized tests, it more about being able to function with others. Students do not need to memorize a set of how to's or details.

Learn more - Forever. We are in a continual learning cycle now in our modern day world. Students to know and embrace this fact.

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Dr. Boone, Campus Leadership

Dr. Boone, Campus Leadership, Data analysis of a campus

Today, we looked at AEIS reports for your schools. The groups were divided by the type of school: elementary, middle and high school.

We used our personal laptops to access the reports online. In each group we were to analyze the data and answer questions Dr. Boone had given us. We searched the web for additional information data for your group. We looked at Houston High School in San Antonio.

Each group gave a small presentation about our analysis and findings.

The data was very rich but also provided lots of questions we could not answer by just looking at this one data instrument.

Campus Leadership

Models of change discussed in class - Lionberger's Stage of Change, Fullan's Three I Model, Concerns-Based Adoption Model, Lewin's Force-Field Analysis.

Campus Leadership Analysis

Assignment: Interview your practicing campus principal. Topics to be included include: supervisory activities, including providing feedback to staff, working with and nurturing assistant principals and teachers, making changes happen in school, his or her decision making practices, the campus improvement process.

Prepare a 3-page summary and conclusions about what you learned in the interview.

Key points from the interview for me:

Administrative duties are tough in large schools.

Feedback and supervision tends to be impersonal in large schools due to size.

Family time will be impacted.

Separation from students is hard to deal with but inevitable.

Change is a process.

Decision making ability is key.

Be more of an influencer but be prepared to make the decision if needed.

The notes in the live blog reflect comments from the class.