Bringing Catholic Education into the 21st Century Catholic education must evolve in order to survive. One of the most significant of the challenges faced by Catholic schools today is a lack of financial resources. While high schools within the Diocese of San Diego are...
21st Century Teaching and Learning Change in Schools, Facilitating the Process Levels of Analysis: Seeing the Big Picture One useful strategy that I use comes from the work of Wells (1985). He articulates the five different levels of processing for an organization:...
Vision for Meaningful Teacher Professional Development The written mission statement for the Upper St. Clair School District’s teacher professional development program is to develop the fullest potential of the USC professional, in order to serve the whole child, by...
By Michelle Murray, Mt. Lebanon School District What began as a challenge to reimagine our elementary school libraries has evolved into the establishment of a collaborative, creative makerspace in each of our seven elementary schools. This initiative was a natural...
By Dr. Erin Heffler, Principal, and Dr. Stephanie Ferree, District Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction – Dallastown Area Intermediate School “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and...
By Jessica Kilmetz and Catherine Renzulli, Phoenixville Area School District, Pennsylvania District level leaders can sometimes struggle with the overwhelming task of “teacher development.” Administrators and school leadership are often assessed on their...
