21st Century Collaborative

While I will be sharing Part 3 & 4 of my keynote, (see previous posts) I didn’t want to let too much time slip by before I bragged a little on Ohio! This seems very appropriate considering their outstanding win in last night’s game. Check out the pics from the breakout sessions! On Thursday of [...]

The recent NEA NBCT Washington State Policy Summit was simply incredible. It was evident in every way that this group strives for excellence.More than 200 National Board Certified Teachers gathered in Seattle Oct. 21 to craft policy recommendations that would ensure students in high-needs schools have access to our most-accomplished teachers.About 225 National Board teachers, [...]

As I said in the last post  I just got back from the SC NBCT Policy Summit where Richard W. Riley gave the keynote. I was so impressed. He began his keynote by praising National Board as being a good idea and how the teachers who go to great lengths to attain National Board are [...]

A Conversation Among South Carolina’s National Board Certified Teachers Supporting and staffing high-needs schools is a critical issue for the state of South Carolina. I just got back from Columbia, South Carolina, the site of the SC Summit where the purpose was to use the voices of some of SC’s most accomplished teachers to make [...]

A big thank you to all who helped with the Building Virtual Learning Communities workshop in Miami via Skype or Elluminate!!! Last week, I had the opportunity to meet and collaborate with some of Dade Schools teacher leaders– what an awesome bunch of educators. Their hospitality blew me away. The purpose of my session was [...]

What will it take to get NBCTs in high needs schools? When we think about high needs/ hard to staff schools what are the barriers to utilizing the skills, knowledge and abilities of NBCTs? What actions can be put in place? What can individual NBCTs do? How do these actions translate into policy at the [...]