tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11124100261847180562024-02-18T18:43:52.184-08:00Todd SamuelsonA blog about school administration and community schoolsTodd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-64581223115341583702017-12-08T13:27:00.001-08:002017-12-08T13:27:37.182-08:00Implementing CRM After Three Months<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-91545209190965099862017-11-20T21:15:00.000-08:002017-11-20T21:19:57.743-08:00Implementing CRM week 8<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "calibri" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt;">After we developed our norms we discussed the TQS and how it fits in with tier one supports. We also further clarified our understanding of the difference between tier 1 and 2 strategies/interventions and r</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt;">eexamined our pyramid from last month. We asked teachers to </span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">underline</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> those that they felt needed to be moved into a different tier and highlight </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">those that</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt;">needed more clarification before determining which </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">tier it belongs in.</span></span></div>
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-40853878713404095652017-11-16T13:28:00.000-08:002017-11-16T13:28:07.059-08:00Implementing CRM week 7<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-35897d74-c6b8-8bc4-8aa0-726d11c5f062"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The meetings went well and were different in several ways. In one group, when asked about a student and if there were other students that could benefit from the interventions, the teacher identified several. This quickly became a conversation around Occupational Therapy support</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and I found myself running down the hallway to pull our OT into the conversation, to which she readily agreed. She then became an important part of the discussion. At a teacher’s suggestion we also invited one of our school's Educational Assistants who specializes in literacy support. She was able to contribute to the conversation as we talked about how to support students with literacy (our CRM and school focus). A lesson learned from this was to look at the students being brought forth in advance and try to ensure that the right people were around the table. It was very beneficial for me as I learned about the students, different strategies that I previously knew nothing about and was able to offer support for one of the students mentioned. Another teacher brought a student forward and it was very beneficial that she led with data she had collected. She had a literacy and math assessment done and was able to articulate where the student was struggling. This quickly led to action planning. We did not get through a lot of students in our 80 minutes together (more in the group that ended up grouping several students), but we expect that will improve as we become more familiar with the process. The next morning I emailed the “action items” to each group and plan to follow up next week before they start their collaboration work. Overall we were satisfied with the process, but acknowledge we have refinement to do and are looking forward to our next CTM in four weeks. I believe that the “ready, fire, aim” philosophy held true. We could have spent another month trying to get prepared for our first CTM, but you really do just need to do it so that you have something to build on. </span></span>Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-49503999847850420082017-11-05T14:49:00.000-08:002017-11-05T14:49:29.579-08:00Implementing CRM week 6<span id="docs-internal-guid-146ada5b-8e5c-a92d-5c95-144ba1490a13"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had communicated to staff that CRM time would be considered “sacred.” Leading by example, I blocked off my calendar all day every Thursday so that neither myself nor my secretary could book in appointments. I keep my cell phone put away and only check it between meetings. Only on very rare occasions has someone come to pull me away from a CRM meeting and usually it has only been for a few minutes. This past week, however, I left the school missing my first CRM day. For two days I visited a variety of schools meeting with administrators and teachers learning about their school’s CRM journey. I had chatted with Kurtis Hewson at my district’s CRM leadership workshop where he was presenting and by the end of the conversation he offered to facilitate my tour of schools. I was also fortunate that he was scheduled to be in Edmonton and he offered to be my guide for the day before flying out to visit another district. The schools in Edmonton that I visited were </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Daly Grove, Winterburn and Kildare. The following day I visited Ponoka Elementary and Stettler Elementary on my way home to Medicine Hat. Each school is at a different part in their journey and all were very welcoming. I got to sit in on a staff meeting, observe CTMs, talk with teachers and support staff, see how CRM software works, walk through schools and ask an abundance of questions of Kurtis and other administrators. I also was given a lot of resources, so many that I have had to file them away to sift through as our school continues its journey with CRM. Just as I encourage teachers to get into other teacher’s classrooms I would highly recommend administrators to get in other administrator’s schools. I owe a huge thanks to Tim Bowman, Sharon Fischer, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heather Kennedy, Marilyn Schmitke, Cheryl Belyea and of course Kurtis Hewson. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today's focus was to prepare for our first Collaborative Team Meeting (CTM) which will be November 2nd, 2017. We started off the meeting reviewing a presentation put on by Kurtis Hewson the day before for our district's CRM leadership cohort. I had attended with the school’s Classroom Support Teacher (CST) and a District Optimal Learning Coach (OLC). We spent 40 minutes sharing our school’s action plan (completed at the session the day before), watched a video of another school’s CRM, shared the meeting notes template and the student form<span style="background-color: white;"> that will be </span>filled out before each meeting. These resources are all located on the </span><a href="https://jigsawlearning.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jigsaw learning </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">site. We set a date for our first CTM and the cycle that will occur afterwards (every four weeks<span style="background-color: white;">), kn</span>owing that this may be adjusted. The next 40 minutes teachers spent time in their groups working on improved instructional practices. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In one group further discussion around a CTM occurred. The CST and I talked through what the CTM could like and examples of students that might be brought to the table. Another group started talking about deficiencies they are noticing in math students and <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont";">spoke</span> about how to scaffold their three grade levels. I sat back and listened and noted some “sound bites” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I’m struggling with this too. You are not alone”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“How are they (students) applying this? <span style="font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont";">T</span>hey aren’t.” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Can we try a number of the day strategy?” </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Lets create a template and use common language.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Have you set up a Google classroom? When you do we can….”</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial" , serif , "emojifont"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They came up with strategies and a template to implement into their classrooms and some next steps. Our OLC made appointments to follow up with support the following week before our next meeting. Another group identifying weakness in their language arts programs met with an OLC and came up with a plan to develop common literacy centers that are easily adaptable (low floor, high ceiling) for their diverse students. They have a vision of what they eventually want to move towards, but are going to start off smaller with the help of OLCs who will follow a “gradual release of responsibility” model.</span><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-d28ecae9-25d1-a20a-e9e9-c924156e51a4" style="font-weight: normal;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-d28ecae9-25de-5fea-d065-d4e568fe8202" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The goal for the meeting today was to reflect on the model thus far, explore the</span><a href="http://jigsawlearning.ca/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> jigsaw website</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and</span><a href="https://plus.google.com/101363667112874382026" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google plus network</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for supports and new ideas and to continue some work that they had identified week 1. We began the meeting having each member share any thoughts, fears, insights, questions that they may have regarding CRM. Every teacher feels that they have a solid basic, foundational understanding of CRM, but also recognize that we are not even close to being “experts” or even overly confident in what we are doing. Teachers input ranged from “I want to get doing something” to wanting to ensure that we don’t rush anything. Another thing that I learned from the meeting today is the importance of keeping good “team meeting notes.” I had shared a template with each group and had volunteered to be recorder and facilitator, but had forgotten to add some things and the night before our meeting I was unsure where each group was and what they had committed to for this week’s meeting.</span></b></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-d28ecae9-25d1-a20a-e9e9-c924156e51a4" style="font-weight: normal;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-d28ecae9-25de-5fea-d065-d4e568fe8202" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Southview Community School we have three different CRM groups and each is at a different place. No group is ahead of another, they have just taken different paths. One group has decided that they want to do a 10 minute “mindfulness “activity before each meeting to help them “settle their minds” and get prepared to focus on their work. They are not all working on the same thing, but are using one another to collaborate on ideas, another group has focused on assessment and has spent a lot of time working on how to use it to inform practice, a third group is focusing on curriculum as a starting point to develop some literacy resources. They are recording a lesson for feedback, exploring different literary techniques and visiting each other’s classrooms. All three groups are working with one of our district’s Optimal Learning Coaches (OLC) who are referred to as instructional coaches in many other districts.</span></b></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-d28ecae9-25d1-a20a-e9e9-c924156e51a4" style="font-weight: normal;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-d28ecae9-25de-5fea-d065-d4e568fe8202" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week I asked one of the CRM groups to write a reflection from their perspective to share</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b>CRM group # 3 consists of three teachers, Shirma Rose,Cassandra Silver, and Megan Westgarth. They teach grade four, five and six and combined have 24 years teaching experience. </span></b></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-d28ecae9-25d1-a20a-e9e9-c924156e51a4" style="font-weight: normal;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-d28ecae9-25de-5fea-d065-d4e568fe8202" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our CRM team decided to focus our work around assessment. We began our journey by administering the Math MIPI school wide. When presented the information about a comprehensive tool that only took 1 hour to administer and would give us a comprehensive</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">look at how our students are doing overall in math, we knew we had to utilize</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it in our class and throughout the school. The MIPI results helped identify</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">basic skills our students are lacking in. These results will also drive our</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">instructional practice this year.<b> </b>After much discussion in our CRM meetings</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with administration and Michelle, our Optimal Learning Consultant, we decided</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to create a strong database of math strategies that can be used at all grade</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">levels.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Collecting common strategies from K-6 will provide consistency</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for students as they move throughout the elementary years. Two of our members on our CRM team are also attending a mathematical MIndset Professional development opportunity that is</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">providing us with strategies we want to offer to our students. For example, the idea of increasing mental math abilities through daily games, problems and activities. As a lead CRM team within the school our goal is to ensure we support all teachers with their chosen CRM journey. We will look forward to the triumphs and the challenges we will face as we travel on this exciting road.</span></b><br />
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-22526784088756087132017-09-29T13:39:00.000-07:002017-09-30T19:13:51.923-07:00Implementing CRM week 2<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today was our second Collaborative </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Response</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Model (CRM) meeting. At Southview Community School we are able to release teachers for CRM meetings by creating “centers” through which students rotate. We used some</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">full time equivalent"</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (FTE)</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;">to hire a PE </span>specialist, our vice principal has developed a tech/coding class and we have a library period. While the students are rotating through the centers their teachers are participating in CRM meetings. The plan for this week was to follow the same format as last week. We were going to spend the first 40 minutes dialoguing and using structures around several passages from the book (theory) and then after 40 minutes the teachers were going to start to working on some of their projects identified last week (literacy, assessment, numeracy). </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The results from the survey last week showed that teachers have a solid understanding of CRM, believe it can positively affect learning and found the first meeting worthwhile. The most common concern is that "this too shall pass," and in the next year or two we will drop the model. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">After reviewing the survey results from our last meeting, we began with each teacher being assigned excerpts, reading it to themselves, reflecting on it and then taking turns sharing it round robin style. If the quotation stimulated conversation we went with it. We all acknowledge that this is a process, not a race. As eager as we are to move along we understand the importance of “going slow to go fast.” After 40 minutes I asked if they wanted to continue with book work or move on to their projects. Two groups decided that they didn't want to break the momentum of the book and continued with it. The third group spent 40 minutes examining the book and then dove into data they collected through a universal screen. Again, one of our "optimal learning coaches" sat in on all the meetings offering support throughout the process and contributing to the conversations. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve included my agenda. I am certain that it will change from week to week, but it was my initial planning that I had done before our first meeting. Often things change with each group. I also put together CRM binders. I placed some resources from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>jigsaw</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> learning in them and we referenced them throughout the meeting. Eventually I would like to go all digital and create a Google classroom, site or alternative, but sometimes I feel that having a tangible “hard copy” of things is preferred and familiar. I also borrowed some ideas from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>jigsaw</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to create a simple “Team Meeting Notes” doc. For the first two meetings I was the facilitator and the recorder. Our CRT meeting notes will look much different, but for the weekly meetings I wanted something simple. As we move forward, I will become less involved in the weekly meetings. I am fortunate to have a strong group of teachers and district “instructional coaches” so as much as I love getting my elbows dirty, I know that I will likely be pulling back in a month or two and the teachers and the coaches will not need me to help out. The exception will be our CRT meetings that will occur every four weeks. For those meetings, our “Classroom Support Teacher" (inclusion support teacher) and myself will be at every one. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We recently completed our first round of Collaborative Response Model (CRM) meetings. I had spent a lot of time trying to decide what process to follow for our first day. I was somewhere in between the “just let it happen” to planning each step out. I decided to start off slow, spend six weeks or more with dialogue around what CRM is, read different passages from the book, explore the website etc. I had it all planned out and then decided to change things the night before. As big an advocate for the “why” and the “how” that I am, I was afraid that too much “theory” would end up disengaging the teachers in the initial stages of CRM implementation. I decided to split the difference, divide the teachers into CRM groups and spend the first 40 minutes of each CRM group exploring the model and the last 40 minutes helping teachers select a priority to start working on. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We had already read the book as a staff the previous year so we were ready to dive into some discussion around the model. Our first 40 minutes involved using various structures to review the core beliefs, establish working norms and making criteria for how the time could be used. Our last 40 minutes involved the groups planning for the next week so that they have an idea of what they would be working on after we once again spend the first 40 minutes discussing some of the processes around the model. Working in a small school, I was easily able to sit in on all three 80 minute CRM groups that day. Each one was different in a great way and I feel fortunate that I was able to to listen in, guide and question where I can. One group decided to explore improving literacy in primary grades. They are going to start with their Program of Study (always a great starting point) and then move towards developing reading centers for their students. Another group talked about the importance of self reflection and how they can incorporate that into their practice as well as math manipulatives. A third group invited in two of our district's Learning Coaches to explore a universal assessment for math. They ended up getting everything set up to administer the assessment the following day. They now have data to inform their next steps. We will all gather again next week for our second meeting. We will spend the first 40 minutes dialoguing around the model and then each group will start some collaborative work. We plan to follow this format for the first four to five weeks and then have our first Collaborative Response Team meeting (CRT) in about five weeks. We may use an upcoming pd day to establish our "pyramid of interventions" as a whole staff.</span></div>
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Thanks to
some funding from the Alberta government Southview Community School will be
able to implement a nutrition program. The program will be led by our newly
hired Nutrition Coordinator Ally DeWolfe. This program has several goals
including educating students on healthy foods and healthy living, providing
healthy food access free of charge throughout the day, creating a sustainable nutrition
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school is committing to being a “healthy school” and as such will no longer be
promoting, distributing or raising funds using foods that are considered
“unhealthy.” Beginning in April we will no longer be selling weekly hotdogs to
raise money for field trips. The school will look at alternatives to support
this meaningful learning opportunity so that there is no impact on student
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Todd Samuelson<br />
Principal <br />
Southview Community School<br />
(403) 526-4495 ext 5806<br />
@Southview_CS (twitter)<br />
<a href="http://www.fb.me/SouthviewCS/" target="_blank">www.fb.me/SouthviewCS</a></span>Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-58453016460897780672017-03-03T12:39:00.000-08:002017-03-03T12:39:10.933-08:00Southview Community School<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-27642661159530816452017-01-25T15:40:00.000-08:002017-01-25T15:41:25.393-08:00No longer "Acting"<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Three weeks ago I began my journey
as Acting Principal of this great school. I learned a couple of things very
quickly. One thing I learned is that every staff member at this school cares a great deal about
the students here. There is no indifference in this building. Every teacher,
educational assistant, custodian, secretary and administrator is here because
it's where they want to be. I’m not sure if I have ever experienced such a
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an amazing collection of individuals, groups and parents (to which I refer as 'partners')
hungry to help out. Every time I sit down with someone, I add them to a
diagram on a big whiteboard I have in my office. So far I have seventeen partners
who are dedicated to support Southview Community. As with the school staff,
these people radiate a desire and a commitment to help the community. They are a
vital part of pursuing the vision we have for this community. It cannot be
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bell rings or students are no longer in the building. This is a way of life and
one in which I am so incredibly proud to be a part of. I am grateful to have been
welcomed so meaningfully into this community and look forward to </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">continuing</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> on </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">in my</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> role here as principal. </span></span></div>
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-1541508560347076742017-01-09T07:48:00.000-08:002017-01-09T08:11:04.557-08:00Lillian<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 0;">
<span dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">On my first day </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">as</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
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at Southview Community School (SVCS) I met Lilian Betcker when she walked
up to me in the front office and gave me a hug. She turned around, gave
the other staff members a hug, put on her safety vest and headed out
the front door. She followed the same routine
every day that first week so we began to exchange some short
pleasantries and I became very curious about this </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">seventy</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
year old little woman who walked into the school with such familiarity,
greeted everyone, and would not let anyone evade her outstretched arms. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">I
joined her at her safety patrol station a few days after meeting her
and learned that she has had a connection to SVCS for over
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">twenty</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> years. Her children and now her grandchildren attend the school </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">at</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">which</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">she</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">has</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">volunteered</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">for</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">the</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
past several years. She shared that she saw a need for an area to be monitored and thought she could offer to </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">help</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">.
When she mentioned it to the former principal he said, “</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">When</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> can you start?” and the rest is,
as they </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">say,</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> history. Every day she walks past the school from her home a few blocks
away, picks
up her grandchildren, walks them to school, volunteers to help keep
students safe, and then walks home. She gets the occasional wave from
people driving by and once in a while someone stops to give her a coffee
and a Timbit, but she certainly isn’t doing this
for anything else other than to help out the school and community. As we
were getting ready for the Christmas holiday she told me she doesn’t
really enjoy the breaks from school because, as she puts </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">it</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">,
she ”misses her people".</span></span><br />
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<span dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">I have only known “</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">Lil”,</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
as she is </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">called</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">, for one short </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">week</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">but</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> I am already proud to call her a friend. It is with purpose that she is the subject of our
school’s first post, </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">Tweet</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> and image. I have seen her hugs, her dancing in the hallways and her
smile. On Friday she </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">sang</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> '</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">O</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">Canada</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">' over the intercom with the vice principal (I had conveniently made myself scarce during
the '</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">supposed</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">to</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">be</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">' </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">trio</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">.).
Lil epitomizes the reasons why I wanted to return to a community school. </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;">She</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14.67px;"> sets an example
for everyone. What school could not use more hugs, smiles, singing and dancing in the hallways?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have learned a lot during my tenure here to prepare me for my new role as a principal. Most importantly I have learned the importance of an administrator to facilitate and encourage teacher leadership, to empower and then get out of the way, to support from the background, to keep my ego in check and understand its about the students and the teachers, not about me. To be an instructional leader, but not necessarily the expert in everything. To listen more than to speak. To be a leader and a team player, not a manager. Without relationships where people feel valued, listen to and trusted there is only superficial and shallow progress. The single greatest influence on a student's success is the teacher. If I have been successful with anything here it is because of the hard work of others; I take no credit for it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have laughed, argued, cried (maybe even yelled, before I </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zenned</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> out) here...this school has seen me at my worst and at my best. As I look around tonight and walk through the hallways, visit a couple of my favorite spots and box up my final belongings I feel sad, scared, excited, but mostly I feel proud to have been a member of this incredible community. When I look at the young teachers here and the not so young teachers I can't wait to see the inevitable growth and improvements that are sure to come. The smartest person in the room, is the room, and oh what a room you have here.</span></div>
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<br />Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-71950026402407746092016-09-22T16:24:00.001-07:002016-09-26T10:54:56.516-07:00Journey<span id="docs-internal-guid-fa7e83ea-53cb-2261-3d5d-27fe671acbcc"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fa7e83ea-53cb-2261-3d5d-27fe671acbcc"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Our (this is my wife's journey as much as mine) recovery from heart disease has been as dramatic and in some ways as shocking as my initial diagnosis. 174 days ago my doctor offered me hospital admittance, uncertain of my stability, and the adventure began. Six months off work so far for treatment, monitoring, lifestyle changes, appointments, an ICU admittance and management of a whole lot of medications was ordered. Our lives have revolved around heart disease. Recently different medical professionals have contacted us expressing their genuine relief and surprise that we have reversed the once labelled “severe heart failure.” My heart, they said, has healed itself. Yesterday one of our specialists shared that we had far exceeded expectations and although we still had some work and careful monitoring to do, I was basically as fit as I was a year ago when I was participating in five and ten hour endurance events. I have shared that this has been the best thing to ever happen to me (I know that sounds crazy), but I have learned so many things during this experience and my greatest fear now is that in time I will forget. We have learned the power of a positive mindset. We know meditation and mindfulness played a role in recovery, as did connecting with nature. We know that each day is a gift, there is only this moment and what the mind believes the body can achieve. We believe in the power of gratitude and humility.</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">I will forever be indebted to a team of medical personnel from Medicine Hat and Calgary who followed me closely and became more like really smart friends than distant professionals. I thank family and friends who believed, prayed, sent positive thoughts and vibes and messages of encouragement. Mostly, though, I am grateful for my wife, Lisa, who is my rock, my greatest supporter, believer and best friend who put her life on hold for ½ a year so that I could regain mine.</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">Be well my friends, seize the day.</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></span></span>Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-16019488446682761732016-02-17T21:58:00.000-08:002016-02-18T06:10:55.564-08:00Welcome George<div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.625px; word-wrap: break-word;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">Tomorrow morning I will be introducing George Couros at the Southern Alberta Teachers’ Convention. For me, this has meant spending time reflecting on who George is, how he has influenced me and why I so eagerly embraced the idea of welcoming George to my city and to some of the most amazing teachers in the province. </span>What I quickly came to realize, however, is that I’ll only have about 90 seconds to introduce him and the audience isn’t there to listen to me ramble. My role is to simply set him up by sharing with the audience some of his background and accomplishments, not to deliver a tribute or share how connecting with George has helped me grow.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">Even though I have never met George in person, I feel like I know him well enough that I could deliver a keynote session on him. I’d like to tell the audience that his ability to connect with people and make them feel valued is most certainly a trait he acquired from his parents who as George describes made everybody not just feel special, but </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">know </i></strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">that they </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">are </i></strong><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">special. George has the ability to challenge your thinking and make you question your own practices all the while still making you feel very respected, accomplished and trusted. It is perhaps his greatest strength and his father’s legacy certainly lives on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">I emailed George over Christmas thanking him for writing the </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">Innovator’s Mindset</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">. I shared that It gave my </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">motivation to learn</i><span style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;"> a rejuvenation that was needed. As an educator and administrator I’m not sure if anything is more important than fostering that love of learning and trying to get someone to do their best and for that I am grateful. That is what I strive to accomplish in my career.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">I am Todd Samuelson and I’m an administrator for school division 76. I am very excited to be with you this morning and to have the opportunity to introduce our keynote speaker, George Couros. George is the division principle for Parkland School Division and an innovative teaching, learning and leadership consultant. He is the author of the recently published book entitled </i><i style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">The Innovator’s Mindset</i><i style="box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">, has a powerful Twitter presence with over 107 000 followers, is author of the influential blog Principle of Change, and is the founder and creator of the blog Connected Principles.</i></span></div>
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<i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; word-wrap: break-word;">I first heard George speak on the radio as he was being interviewed by a couple of local Calgary radio hosts and was immediately struck by how effective he was at pushing my thinking, challenging traditional educational practices and at the same time making the audience feel like they could stop in for a visit at any time. About a month later I followed up with that feeling and reached out and connected with George and we’ve been communicating back and forth ever since. George has made me a better educator and continues to challenge, influence and inspire me today and although I have never physically met him feel comfortable and confident in saying, “I’d like to introduce you…to my friend…Mr George Couros.</i></div>
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my thoughts on what I think is the most important quality of
an effective leader. After role playing this question in my head a dozen times,
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with any real depth. I compare it to what is the most important ingredient in a
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-10609374646061848042015-11-12T17:58:00.003-08:002015-11-12T18:13:26.458-08:00a culture of learning<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<br />Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-63750468705085255132015-11-01T07:47:00.002-08:002015-11-01T20:17:11.398-08:00Finding The Balance<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-90619915187904439052015-09-22T20:51:00.000-07:002015-09-22T20:51:10.187-07:00Journey towards inquiry-based learning through P.B.L.<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-26869381545849159122015-09-03T21:10:00.002-07:002015-09-03T21:10:38.595-07:00Start up<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-39423110664565503042015-06-19T20:57:00.002-07:002015-06-19T21:25:08.654-07:00Final Exams...a tradition worth questioning<span id="docs-internal-guid-4cb6ec30-0f1c-4d08-de45-8efa0808929b"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I watched a teacher work with a student the other day. She was watching him explain to another student how to do a math calculation. Through this process the student was truly able to demonstrate what he knew. Her biggest fear for this student will be when he is required to write a timed high stakes test with a hundred other students in an extremely structured setting. What approach seems to be more reliable and really indicative of what the student knows? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At random I chose two well known universities, Harvard and Berkley, and googled their final exam procedures. At Harvard only 259 of the 1,137 classes offered finals. Furthermore, it is expected that unless the professor declares early in the semester and notifies the Office of the Registrar that they plan on having a seated final exam they will not have one. Berkley communicates that </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">oftentimes the alternatives </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(to final exams) </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">may even be advantageous to promote student learning and be a more authentic means of students demonstrating what they have learned. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6666666666667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Surely if these two institutions have changed we must question this approach in our schools. Even if universities are not changing their final exam procedures, is poor practices by other institutions really an excuse and reason for us to do the same?</span></div>
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</span>Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-57821978267529806762015-06-19T05:15:00.003-07:002015-06-19T05:15:33.696-07:00New School Design to Support Today's Learners<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Armed with information and beliefs we were then able to start listing physical suggestions to the building. Ideas such as glassed-in breakout rooms so that students could be supervised while they work in small groups or independently, garage door type doors in the gym that could be opened so the space could spill out into a large welcoming entryway foyer, outside walls constructed so that they could help with outdoor classroom space, a learning commons that is a focal point and easily accessible, natural lighting, spaces to create, inquire and explore, flexible walls….I think our group probably came up with over fifty suggestions. Architects sat at each table and continuously wrote notes, asked questions for clarifications, offered suggestions and informed us of constraints.</span></div>
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<br />Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-77636666962989827872015-06-09T08:16:00.001-07:002015-06-09T08:18:50.655-07:00Why Guy<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1112410026184718056.post-223530782998353212015-06-04T07:44:00.001-07:002015-06-04T17:49:34.031-07:00superstars<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Collins in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Good to Great </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">informs us that that verbal praise is an extremely effective method of ensuring our </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">superstars</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> know they are valued. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He also tells us that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Great vision without great people is irrelevant. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am very fortunate that I have several </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">superstars</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that I surround myself with every day. I am very guilty, however, of not letting them know how much I appreciate and depend on them. I think I better go have some conversations.</span>Todd Samuelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221487686537324368noreply@blogger.com0