In the TLI department, we’re reading Digital Leadership by Eric Sheninger. He is an excellent resource for us. Here’s his website. One of his suggestions is to try something new. I’ve added tweetdeck with a variety of hashtags to have PD ideas pushed to me. My current hashtags are #ditchbook (Matt Miller’s excellent book Ditch That Textbook), #transformationalteaching (an idea about which I’m spending a lot of time thinking), and #thegooglegooru (https://www.thegooru.com/). The cool thing about using tweetdeck for these kinds of resources is the instant connection to resources. I have told a number of my colleagues that I would be a better principal already had I taken the little bit of time necessary to set up a twitter account and tweetdeck. I had a twitter account as a principal, but I only used it to push information. An important idea to tell our story. I hadn’t considered using twitter to pull information. I’m not sure I’m using push or pull there correctly.
Anyway, one of Sheninger’s suggestions is to start a blog. I’ve never blogged. So, practicing what I want to preach, I’m trying something new. A blog.
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Jeff Nelson
Fife School District
Assistant Superintendent:Teaching-Learning-Innovation
39 years as an educator.
16 years teacher
3 years assistant principal
12 years principal
8 years Assistant Superintendent
BA, Washington State University
MAEd, Washington State University
Previous member of AWSP Legislative Committee
Previous member of UW Tacoma PEAB, Administrative Certification
Established and maintained Fife’s first website for 7 years
Present work includes establishing the first Teaching/Learning/Innovation department in the Fife School District. Examples of responsibilities include: teacher/administrator professional development, assessment, TPEP, curriculum/materials review, 24 credit requirement, technology levy leadership, teacher/administrator bargaining.
Initiatives underway in Fife, as a result of new TLI Department: AVID, OER, Curriculum and Materials reviews, Student Perception Pilot with CSTP, Google Expedition
Cofounder of Educational Internet Communications, LLC. Marketed and sold one of the first online grade checking programs in the US. Consulted with Seattle Educational Internet Company for 2 years.
jnelson@fifeschools.com
twitter.com/jeffnelsonTLI
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