High School Principals
December Trends and Topics 2013
Student Motivation and Engagement
RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
Have Staff Discuss:
The value of a pointless education.
How well does your current system capture what students are learning? What does it do well, and what are its flaws?
Parachute Packing Activity
Use this link to access the parachute packing activity to explore grading practices with staff.
Principals' Checklist
Ready for December? Click here for the MASSP checklist.
Additional Articles of Interest
Motivating Learners
Minds on Fire
Students, teachers, and neuroscientists compare notes on classroom lessons that ignite motivation and promote mastery.
What Do Principals Look For As They Observe and Evaluate?
This is one of a six-part article by Education World
Expand Your Professional Learning
What We're Reading
If You Don't Feed the Teachers, They'll Eat the Students!
Check out this free online book recommmended at the November meeting.
Build Your PLN
New to Twitter? Click here to learn "tweetiquette."
Follow these education tweeps:
@larryferlazzo
@justintarte
#COLchat: Mondays, 9:00 EST, building a Culture of Learning
Five Practices of Effective Principals
Is There an App for That??
Professional Development e-Catalog is Online!
Grab a cup of coffee or hot cocoa and check out the learning opportunities in our Winter professional development e-Catalog here!