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SchoolSpring » Entries tagged with "teacher salary"

Daily Cafe – A great Resource

March 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment

I am always happy when I open my inbox and find an email from info@thedailycafe.com. Sisters Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, authors of The Daily Five, http://www.thedailycafe.com/ send a free weekly newsletter with valuable tips and thought-provoking articles. A recent issue caught my eye because it got me thinking about how we make changes in schools. So many of us hold strong beliefs about teaching and learning, and sometimes that makes us reluctant to try new practices because they may not resonate with our beliefs. I am sure you have heard this refrain or something like it “Kids have been learning to read using this workbook for 20 years. Why should we do something different?” Even though change is difficult, we know we have to do something different because we have an explosion of new information about … Read entire article »

Filed under: curriculum, Sandi Detwiler

A Strong Teacher= A Strong Student?

March 2nd, 2010 | 2 Comments

I have read a couple of articles in the last few days with a similar, but not so surprising idea: Strong Teachers are the key to student success. Are you smiling? First, I read about Kentucky’s proposal to win $200 million of the $4.35 billion allocated for Obama’s Race to the Top initiative.   Along with adopting new content standards, Kentucky hopes to use its share of the money to help teachers improve their skills so they can better teach the standards.  The proposal calls for collaboration in designing lessons, professional developmnt in differentiation, and building networks for supporting teachers in what has often been a lonely profession. Then Bob Herbert’s Op Ed piece in the New York Times struck the same chord. He describes Deborah Kenny, the founder of successful charter schools in Harlem, who … Read entire article »

Filed under: Sandi Detwiler, Teacher motivation, Teacher skills

Pay for Performance? Another Perspective….

February 26th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Author Daniel Pink (A Whole New Mind; Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future) debunked the myth! Speaking to a room full of International School Headmasters at the annual Association for the Advancement of International Education conference in Boston, Pink cited scientific studies and common sense to offer a compelling perspective on the role of pay in regards to motivation.  Pink’s research was geared to the business world, but his message resonated with the room full of educators.  Bottom line: pay is not the acclaimed motivator we are led to believe. In his new book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Pink acknowledges that tangible rewards do result in improved performance for rudimentary, mechanistic tasks.  However, in the complex world of most businesses, and certainly, the world in which teachers live … Read entire article »

Filed under: Books, Salary, Teacher motivation