Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of one technique that equips students with the tools that promote self-motivation and a desire for learning. From the e-Activity, select two of the 10 qualities that foster student engagement and incorporate them into a suggestion that would enhance a lesson.Week 11 eActivityGo to the Schlechty Center’s Website and read, “Student Engagement and Its Relation to Quality Work Design: A […]

Teachers and teacher leaders should consistently be engaging in self-reflection and self-improvement. Teachers should also be looking for opportunities for improvement within their classrooms, schools, and even communities. In this assignment, you will look at certain areas of teaching and teaching leadership that will always have room for improvement. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Analyze new forms of leadership […]

Imagine that you are attending a community meeting in which a policy to meet bilingual education is under discussion. Adopt the role of parent, teacher, administrator, or politician, and take a position about how this change should (or should not) occur. Support your position with three reasons. Determine the biggest opposition to the proposed school transformation in this community and then provide one recommendation of […]

Evaluate the idea that educators must “sell” their ideas about how schools should be organized. Determine where you stand on this idea and explain why. Determine how best to identify the needs of the stakeholders that the schools should serve. Provide support for your viewpoint that will address potential issues raised by people who disagree.

If you are currently working in a school district, briefly describe your school district and its current state in regard to transformation. Create a theory of action to support and sustain school transformation. If you are not currently working in a school district, create a theory of action to support and sustain school transformation in a school of your choice. Predict two ways that the […]

Evaluate the purpose of student performance standards and developmental standards. Propose how each performance standard can be strengthened to assist student learning. Evaluate the efficacy of the standards-based movement and examine how it has affected schools in general. Support your position by providing two examples from personal experience.

Use the Internet to research different educational paradigms and models for this assignment. You can also refer to Chapter 9 for some guidance. Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: Assess two (2) educational paradigms or models that may transform a school into a learning community. Examine the effects of: economic factors on schools. moral order factors on schools. school board […]

From the e-Activity, determine how you would leverage this model in your work environment (or a past or future work environment). From the e-Activity, determine which phase is the most important. Determine three significant challenges to implementing this phase and how those challenges could be overcome. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Create a metaphor that typifies the type of learning environment that existed within a school that you have attended in the past. Assess whether your metaphor conveys a negative or positive image of the school. Propose at least three revisions to the metaphor you created that support a robust learning organization.

Imagine that you are a teacher leader and you are a member of a committee with other teacher leaders. The superintendent has asked your committee to propose suggestions for the improvement of standards. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Compare and contrast learning organizations and learning communities. Choose the environment where you believe it is easier to improve standards and […]