We are an evolving group of educators who have come together to learn from a diverse group of gifted, interesting, and sometimes provocative, learned people in the world. We’ve learned from the likes of Edgar Schein, Peter Block, Richard Sheridan, Stan Slap, and poet David Whyte; provocative educators David Berliner, Gene Glass, and Yong Zhao; linguist George Lakoff; and researchers and professors Carol Dweck, Andy Hargreaves, Art Costa Bena Kallick, Jon Saphier, Yong Zhao, and Tony Wagner.
We are about learning and exploring ideas to understand more deeply the institutions of education. We are also intrigued by the processes individuals experience while learning. Our blog is about current issues around learning. We offer reviews of books we’re reading. And we focus on “New Rules”– the changes in attitude and behavior we educators must exhibit to survive in our world of surprising changes.
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Elevate Leadership (Give ‘em EL’) What are you waiting for? William Sommers, PhD Director of Stakeholder Centered Coaching for Educators Leaders are leaving, political issues limit focusing on learning (staff and students), and coaching programs proliferate. More and more organizations, constrained by current year budgets, are engaging in coaching […]
Giant #9 Suzanne Bailey “if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” 1675 letter by Isaac Newton: When I first joined National Staff Development Council in the 80s, at my first preconference was with Suzanne Bailey. What a gift! Suzanne, as a former […]
Giant #8: Jon Saphier “if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” 1675 letter by Isaac Newton: In the late 80s, Jon Saphier presented to our Cognitive Coaching group. We were at an ASCD convention where Art and Bob arranged for Jon to […]
