Examining Professional Practice
Voices from the field:
"Just when you think you have your head wrapped around the last thing and are committing time and resources to it, you get hit with something else and suddenly, everything changes because there are only so many people and so many hours and so many dollars to make all of this happen."
"I don't know what they are thinking, but the more they pile on, the less likely we are to get it done, let alone do it well."
"It is frustrating to have so many different things to be attending to all at the same time. We want to do this well. We care about improving. We just cannot focus on so many different things at the same time."
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Managing the Dissonance...and Disconnect...of Change
by Joanne Picone-Zocchia
 Mandates thunder ominously in the background, while expectations and required processes pour down in unrelenting torrents, creating the "perfect storm" that is the frequent characterization of today's educational race to improvement.
Whether a marathon or a sprint, an essential attribute of engaging in a race is the anticipation, aspiration - and reality - of one winner, and many...non-winners. Is this image truly an illustration of the intention of the work educators are engaging in? Who will win this race? Who will not? (read more) |
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