Where Have I Been Hiding?
In plain sight, but off the blog-o-sphere.
Wishing to be blogging rather than yearning to blog.
I tell myself, it’s all worth it.
I’m hidden:
- Under a pile of professional books both for grad classes and for
- “catching up” (Building My background Knowledge) with the point of view our new superintendent brings with him to our district
Good thing I find his thinking right in line with my own, and also as a positive for our district 
Recently finished:
Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results by Douglas Reeves
Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards Through Assessment by P. J. Black & Dylan William
My current professional reading list:
The Leadership Challenge by Kouzner & Posner
Guided Instruction: How to Develop Confident and Successful Learners by Douglas Fisher
Ahead of the Curve: The Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning by multiple authors (Reeves, DuFour, Marzano, Stiggins)
In progress:
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
The Things that Keep us Here by Carla Buckley
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (audio in progress)
Wish List (What I wish I was reading!)
Every Last One by Ana Quindlin
Linchpin: Are you Indispensible by Seth Godin
Alas, I must stop procrastinating the revision of grad papers so I can get them crossed off my to-do list. It doesn’t seem like one type of writing should count as procrastinating for another type of writing, but it sure is for me.
Glad to know you are busy and doing well. Becareful of that Little Black Box text, full of good ideas but the black box can be dangerous when relied on too heavily. I think it’s hard to understand how things are calculated when the black box formula can’t be shared. Children, day to day, discovery, problem solving, authentic, keep those close.
Thanks Mandy, That’s good information to have
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Try to break free and read “Every Last One”….an amazing book!