Author Archives: Julie Dodd
JEA Mentoring Committee attends New Teacher Center Symposium
JEA mentoring program members discuss a partnership with the New Teacher Center. Julie Dodd, Nick Ferentinos, Ellen Moir (NTC), Linda Puntney, Peggy Gregory and Steve O’Donoghue met during the NTC Symposium at San Jose. (Photo by Janet Gless)
Teachers need to have HEART
Kimberly Oliver, kindergarten teacher and Board Certifed, offered HEART for teachers: H – High expectations of every student and belief that every student can learn. E – Expertise. Knowing content, our students and pedagogy. A – Ardor. Love and passion for what we do. R – Relationships. Building relationships with our students, their families, and […]
Kimberly Oliver — National Teacher of the Year 2006 — keynote speaker at NTC symposium
Kimberly Oliver — National Teacher of the Year 2006 — was a keynote speaker at the NTC Symposium. She shared her own teaching experiences as a kindergarten teacher and her work to improve education in her school. (Photo by David Hills)
Thin slicing
A research session covered designing research projects and tools for classroom observation. Confirmation bias – See what we’re looking for. Seen vs unseen – Even with classroom observation, lots happens when we aren’t there observing. Inattentional blindness – We are so focused on what we’re looking for that we don’t see other factors. And thin […]
Fleet finger
Challenge of mobile blogging from iPhone — typing with one finger. Thumbing on Treo was faster. Computer keyboard much much faster. But I did learn to send Morse Code as part of a Girl Scout badge. At least iPhone typing is faster than dots and dashes. Julie from her iPhone
Promoting "mischievous irreverence" in teachers
Author of “Letters to a Young Teacher” Jonathan Kozol stressed that new teachers need structured support of veteran teachers within their own profession — not mass in-service. Kozol drew applause from the more than 1,000 attending the New Teacher Center Sympoium when he criticized the “obsessive testing” required by No Child Left Behind. He said […]
Jonathan Kozol promoted teaching not restricted by high-stakes testing
Jonathan Kozol promoted teaching not restricted by high-stakes testing
New Teacher Center Executive Director Ellen Moir leads focus group
Focus group with New Teacher Center Executive Director Ellen Moir (third from the right). That’s our Linda Puntney to her right.
Factors that make mentoring program work
Ellen Moir shared from her experience at the New Teacher Center. – Importance of building leadership team and think about next generation. – Need stakeholder buy-in, especially principals. – Quality of mentors crucial.
Importace of early-on student discussion
Linda Puntney, Peggy Gregory and I joined a teacher induction coordinator from Tennessee in a warm-up activity. The follow-up pointed out that the longer it takes for a student to speak in class the less likely the student is to speak. We agreed that this a good teaching tip. That first-day interview activity we often […]
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