Category: schoolreform
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Principal Evaluation System from McREL by Tony Davis and Kent Davis
These are my notes from Tony Davis and Kent Davis’ presentation, “Principal Evaluation System from McREL” on February 28, 2012, at the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Teacher Leader Effectiveness (TLE) “road show” presentation in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma State Department of Education. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The Tulsa Principal…
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Tulsa Public Schools Teacher Evaluation Model by Jana Burk [Feb 2012]
These are my notes from Jana Burk’s presentation, “Tulsa Public Schools Teacher Evaluation Model” on February 28, 2012, by leaders from TPS at the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Teacher Leader Effectiveness (TLE) “road show” presentation in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma State Department of Education. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. We…
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Danielson Framework for Teacher Evaluation in Oklahoma [Feb 2012] #oktle
These are my notes from the presentation, “Selecting an Instructional Framework for Teacher Evaluation” on February 28, 2012, by Elaine Phillips, Danielson Group Charter Member, www.danielsongroup.org. Elaine shared these remarks at the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Teacher Leader Effectiveness (TLE) “road show” presentation in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma State Department of Education. MY…
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@OKCPS Executive Director Information Technology Position Open: Please Apply!
For the past two weeks (at least since February 14, 2012, when I first saw the position posted) Oklahoma City Public Schools has officially listed a position opening for “Executive Director Information Technology.” Information about the position is only visible, however, when someone creates a free applicant account on the district’s 3rd party personnel application…
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Essential Media for Educators
I’ve created a new page on my blog which I’ve titled, “Essential Media.” This is linked under the drop-down menu for “Resources” at the top, but if you’re viewing my site on a mobile device you may not see that link. I encourage you to visit and bookmkark/save it. At this point, here’s what I’m…
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Text Complexity for Common Core State Standards by Linda Everett
These are my notes from Linda Everett‘s presentation, “Text Complexity” at the “21st Century Learning: Transitioning to the Common Core” conference at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City on February 23, 2012. (Technically we’re in Bethany.) MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. The printed handout provided for participants in this session is “Common…
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Recent Developments in Oklahoma Teacher Evaluation by Louis Barlow
These are my notes from the presentation by Louis Barlow (of Barlow Education Management Services) titled “Recent Developments in Oklahoma Teacher Evaluation” at the “21st Century Learning: Transitioning to the Common Core” conference at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City on February 23, 2012. (Technically we’re in Bethany.) MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL…
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Developing Student Thinking Skills for College, Career and Citizenship by Rebecca Wilkinson #ccss
These are my notes from the presentation by Dr Rebecca Wilkinson (of Barlow Education Management Services) titled “Developing Student Thinking Skills for College, Career and Citizenship” at the “21st Century Learning: Transitioning to the Common Core” conference at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City on February 23, 2012. (Technically we’re in Bethany.) MY THOUGHTS AND…
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The Future is Now: IT in Common Core by Nick Migliorino
These are my notes from Nick Migliorino’s presentation, “The Future is Now: IT in Common Core” at the “21st Century Learning: Transitioning to the Common Core” conference at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City on February 23, 2012. (Technically we’re in Bethany.) MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I hate handouts My philosophy…
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Springer & Monson to Barresi: You Don’t Have the Right to Take Over Our Public Schools in Oklahoma
Karl Springer, the superintendent of Oklahoma City Public Schools, shared a passionate and clear message with Oklahoma State Superintendent Janet Barresi and Oklahoma City constituents today at a press conference: Local control of our Oklahoma public schools is a vital, important part of our democracy and the state department of education does NOT have the…