Administrators

This page contains resources for administrators.
//**What are some things that administrators can do to get started?**// >
 * Recognize that the world is changing. Watch some of the presentations and look over some of the readings on this wiki.
 * Begin talking to people. Initiate conversations with internal and external stakeholders. Include students.
 * What are the skills that kids need to survive and thrive in a technology-suffused, globally-interconnected world?
 * What should schools be doing to prepare kids for their future?
 * How can schools simultaneously balance surviving in today’s accountability climate with the long-term goal of preparing kids for the world in which they’re going to live and work?
 * What learning needs do our teachers, administrators, and professional staff have? How will we address those?
 * What are our beliefs about effective pedagogy for 21st century learning?
 * Start figuring out what you personally need to do to become a more effective leader in this area.
 * Identify some information channels to keep you informed. Choose sources that focus on leadership issues. Add in a few key instruction- and/or policy-oriented sources. Learn how to use a RSS aggregator such as [|Bloglines] or [|Google Reader] or [|Netvibes].
 * [|School Administrator Life]
 * [|Dangerously Irrelevant]
 * [|Practical Theory]
 * [|Educational Discourse]
 * [|Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?]
 * [|The Principal and Interest]
 * [|The Principal and Interest]
 * Try out a new technology. Leverage the power of a new communication tool such as blogs or podcasts. Sign up for a [|del.icio.us] account.
 * Evangelize. Sell the new story. Talk about the new economy and the demands of the new workforce. Publicize the empowering capabilities of new technologies. Help people realize that shifts are needed.
 * How to improve teaching and student achievement through a rapid turnaround strategy http://www.learningfront.com/LF_strategy.html
 * Support teachers to use technology to develop data-driven lessons, formative and summative assessments, and act on results http://www.learningfront.com/specialoffer2.html