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Things Which Matter Most…

Posted by azjd ⋅ April 1, 2012 ⋅ 3 Comments
Filed Under  change, data wise cc flickr photo by kahala

This weekend, I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion at a conference hosted by the Hispanic/Native American Indian Caucus and Black Caucus of the Arizona School Board Association.  The panel addressed the potential impact of technology as a tool to decrease the achievement gap.

The keynote speaker for the conference, was Dr. Trent Kaufman – the founder of Education Direction and co-author of two books: Data Wise in Action and Collaborative School Improvement – Eight Practices for District School Partnerships to Transform Teaching and Learning.  Our school is currently working with Dr. Kaufman to implement the Data Wise process on our campus – a process, that I am pleased to say, is leading to increased focus on the needs of individual students at our school.

During his keynote, Dr. Kaufman encouraged the audience to consider five core principles to improve our schools and the instructional delivery in our classrooms.  I thought they were worth sharing.

This is a relatively simplistic summary of one portion of Dr. Kaufman’s presentation, however, these five principles certainly resonated with what I believe about leading school change.  We need to continue to hammer away at the big rocks…the things which matter most.



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Junior high principal by day, aspiring difference maker, and Jedi in my own mind. Act justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly.
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