It's so easy for the daily chaos of suddenly urgent tasks to overwhelm what really matters. How can we better focus on those long-term, important tasks?
I was breathing in too much. I needed to exhale. I didn't need more ideas. I needed to do less!
Four lists I update every time I sit down to reflect and plan.
When we focus on a simple measurement to guide a complex goal, that measurement becomes the goal, and the measurement starts to work against the real goal.
Before you try that next classroom idea, pause to consider the end by asking: how will I know if it worked?
I continue reading my friends’ dissertations and stumble across how very “fixed” a teacher’s mindset can become. What do we do?
Kohlberg’s levels of moral development are a fantastic tool for helping our gifted kids understand their advanced awareness of moral issues. But it also challenges us, as adults, to step up and push our own moral development higher.
A daily checklist is a powerful tool (for teachers and students) to remember those important, but not urgent, tasks.