How can the attitudes of an Explorer Mindset (curious, responsible, and empowered) lead to teacher leadership within a school? As my colleagues and I returned last fall and set out to cultivate an explorer mindset for the first full year of in-person instruction since the pandemic began, I was determined to find out.
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This was my fourteenth-year teaching fourth grade. I know my contractual duties are to teach and assess the fourth grade English Language Arts standards; however, before this year even began, I set another professional growth goal for myself. Given the tragic consequences of missing crucial …
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Scene: Fall 2019. End of the nine-week grading term is tomorrow. I am checking grades put into our grading software. 89.5 automatically rounds to a 90. 89.4 does not. I round up the 89.4 anyway.
I teach, and students learn.
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“When a school or district functions as a PLC, educators within the organization embrace high levels of learning for all students as both the reason the organization exists and the fundamental responsibility of those who work within it.” Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, and Mike Mattos
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This year, the Greater Owensboro Partnership for Early Development launched a new plan for building a stronger and more accessible early education system over the next four years. The emphasis became a major focus of the Public Life Foundation of Owensboro, which committed $4 million to the cause. In 2021, the group partnered with the Prichard Committee to identify key issues and build the civic campaign, which is now underway.
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It is hard to be vulnerable opening ourselves to criticism, constructive or otherwise, allowing access to our worries, our flaws, and the questions that we have but don’t dare ask aloud. However, if Brene Brown is right, we must tap into that vulnerable part of ourselves for true change to occur.
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July 27, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor More Information, Contact:Suzetta Creech, 859-940-1790OWENSBORO, Ky. — Community members of Owensboro confronted three alarming statistics: 49% of students are not kindergarten ready as reported by the Brigance screener in 2019-2020. 9% of students failed to reach reading proficiency by 3rd …
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