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11 Apr 09

Successful Teaching: The “Assembly Line” Classroom

A great post that ties in with the book I was reading for my EP7040: Planning in Education & Health Services class called Influencer. It had a number of parallels to chapter 9, Change the Environment.

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I began to think of the assembly lines our students go through. In each grade, we put another little part on our students and move them on their way the next year. Each year we add more pieces until we think they are completely “built” at the end of 12th grade
The education system expects that all students are made the same way and need the same parts, which are all added the same way. Then it hopes to get the same exact product at the end of 12 years. It doesn’t work that way! Our classrooms should not just be assembly lines. We should be looking at the whole student and not just the parts.
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- I also saw that office work stations were right there next to the plane. The tour guide told me that all of the people involved with that project worked right there instead of going back to far away offices. Then if there was a concern, it was easy to go up to that person and say, “hey, I need for us to look at this” and they both could walk right up to the plane and check it out.

Amazon.com: Influencer: The Power to Change Anything: Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler: Books

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Amazon.com: Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Revised Edition: James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner: Books

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09 Apr 09

Turn that org chart upside-down! | Information Wants To Be Free

In the post, Swartz also talks about learning about your employees (what motivates them, what their strengths/weaknesses are), delegating responsibilities, prioritizing, and offering feedback. There’s a lot of really great insight in this post (which is more like an instruction manual than a simple blog post), so if you’re a manager or an aspiring manager, it’s definitely worth reading.

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Instead of the standard “org chart” with a CEO at the top and employees growing down like roots, turn the whole thing upside down. Employees are at the top — they’re the ones who actually get stuff done — and managers are underneath them, helping them to be more effective.

Paradox of success: the Stockdale Paradox -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone

“This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”

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Amazon.com: The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield: John McPhee: Books

Recommended by my professor, he wanted us to focus on where Frank Boyden placed his desk. Think accessibility, communication and removing barriers.

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30 Mar 09

Education, Leading and Learning

A forum to share ideas that will help transform the organizations we work in into constantly evolving communities capable of continually learning from the exciting challenges that lie ahead.

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If we are to realize the creativity and talents of all who work with us we
will need inspired leadership at all levels. Leaders who can align the energy of
all behind sense of direction provided by the creation of a shared vision,
unifying values and common beliefs about how people learn.