A Message for the Principals' Advisory Council
Notice:
This is a safe space for Instructional Leaders to share thoughts, ideas and potentially effective practices from the field of education for use by higher education faculty-administrators.The attributes of the SOE at FSU Principals' Advisory Council cannot be listed at this site; however, each member of the council will be posting reflections on effectiveness for future educators and Educator Preparation Programs at higher education institutions.
Those of us at the higher education level responsible for the preparation of educators at EPPs must provide a forum for fluidity and strategic communication related to the practice and theory in teacher education.
Respectfully,
Noran L. Moffett, Ed.D
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PRINCIPALS SPEAK:
From our conversation and action items, what are the most significant needs that you have for future educators coming to your schools as they are being prepared to impact student learning this year?
How should we build a fluid relationship that meets your needs from our efforts to place candidates into your school setting in 2015-16?
Please share other preliminary thoughts and reflections of our future directions to improve the capacity of candidates to impact the teaching and learning phenomena in your school setting at the grade levels and subject matters for which you seek to share at this time?
Did he speak to issues that you see in classrooms today?
TELLING HIS STORY: Hip-Hop is a Culture not a Skin Color!
Let us face it, this young man's mother is a teacher and his message is significant
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ReplyDeleteGreat post, Principal Hatch! Yesterday, I was the given the honor to serve as a judge for the Teacher of the Year interviews for a certain district in Cumberland County. The responses I heard from the teachers were aligned to Principal Hatch's post ... relationships matter and building a positive rapport with students (and parents) make a difference. Students need to feel safe and welcome in classrooms. Regardless of a child's background, he/she matters. Think about it. As adults, we don't stay too long in a situation that makes us feel uncomfortable, belittled, or unwelcome. Children are not different. Content is great, don't get me wrong, but building a relationship, with understanding, respect, and discipline must take place first.
ReplyDeleteWell stated!
ReplyDeleteI used this video clip to try and capture what I have gleaned from practice, theory and listening to concerns raised by students and teachers. I am not suggesting that any student should be allowed to be disrespectful to authority, but I hope this will provide us with the content for the context of collaborating toward highly qualified and contemporary effective educators for our children.