Comments on: Emerging Trend: Giving Teaching the Ole Tire Kick-Test

By: lvarlas

lvarlas — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:08:00 +0000

in a sort of tinkering at the fringes (putting dubs on a Yugo?), edsector’s chad aldeman put together some analysis on revamping the single salary structure–makes it a little more frontloaded (attract), takes money that would compensate master’s and spreads over time (retain): http://www.educationsector.org/analysis/analysis_show.htm?doc_id=890908

By: Scott Allen Keatley

Scott Allen Keatley — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:37:00 +0000

This has just been emailed to my boss. “Multi-tiered career paths for teachers” would love to see those.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:40:00 +0000

Great post! One comment: ["Standards" and "accountability" can no longer be both the cornerstone and keystone of our conversations about learning. We need to hear words like engaging, curiosity, creativity, multiple intelligences, equal access, differentiation, learning environments, relevance, collaboration, and media literacy (among many others) when people talk about quality education.] While rebranding is sometimes necessary, I suggest that we update our “standards” to include those skills you mention. Then “teaching to the standards” won’t be a bad thing.

By: Ellen Weber

Ellen Weber — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Great triggers for change here – and what an adventure it could become! Would like to see added reconfigured learning approaches that would ratchet up intelligences in secondary and university classes, leverage learner curiosity, provide prototypes for wider community and offer intelligence-fair assessments. Seems that list could help to complete your innovative lists – with the brain more in mind for learners. What do you think?

By: Ann Etchison

Ann Etchison — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:44:00 +0000

Creative, humorous, thought-provoking post. I’m struck by the reality of doing the same job 30 years later and how that flies in the face of predictions that young adults today will switch jobs 7 or more times in their professional careers. In my career, I’ve been mentored into some changes, and I fell into others. What if the profession became more purposeful-and even creative-about different paths one might take? And wouldn’t these possible paths be shaped by the realities of 21st/22nd century teaching and learning?