Teaching as leadershipSteven Farr
Teaching as leadership
by Steven Farr · first published 2010
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Teach For America has fought the daunting battle of educational equity for the last twenty years. Based on evidence from classrooms across the country, they've discovered much about effective teaching practice, and distilled these findings into the six principles presented in this book. The Teaching As Leadership framework inspires teachers to: Set Big Goals; Invest Students and Their Families; Plan Purposefully; Execute Effectively; Continuously Increase Effectiveness; Work Relentlessly. The results are better educational outcomes for our nation's children, particularly those who live in low-
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…teacher can play only a minor role in the educational outcome for disadvantaged students. Yet there is considerable evidence to support the opposite view. Here is a summary of a few studies as reported in Teaching as Leadership [1]: "The schools that are highly effective produce results that almost entirely overcome the effects of student background" [2] "Having a top-quartile teacher rather than a bottom-quartile teacher…
on “The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom” ↗…and economically isolated." I find this attitude difficult to reconcile with other things I've read about teaching poor and minority kids. For example, here is a summary of a few studies as reported in Teaching as Leadership [1]: "The schools that are highly effective produce results that almost entirely overcome the effects of student background" [2] "Having a top-quartile teacher rather than a bottom-quartile teacher…
on “Can good teaching be taught?” ↗Visible Learning, by John Hattie http://www.amazon.com/Visible-Learning-Synthesis-Meta-Analys... Teaching as Leadership, by Teach for America http://www.teachingasleadership.org/ http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-As-Leadership-Effective-Achie... Understanding Numbers in Elementary School Mathematics by Hung-hsi Wu http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Numbers-Elementary-Schoo...
on “Ask HN: What are you reading? What've you read lately?” ↗…strain of thought that says we cannot close the achievement gap unless we tackle poverty. Yet there is considerable evidence to support the opposite view. Here is a summary of a few studies as reported in Teaching as Leadership [1]: "The schools that are highly effective produce results that almost entirely overcome the effects of student background" [2] "Having a top-quartile teacher rather than a bottom-quartile teacher…
on “The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students” ↗…people who say his method is flawed [3,4] or simply that teaching effectiveness cannot be reliably measured. This is a controversial topic. Here is an interesting take on this subject from a book called Teaching as Leadership [5]: -------------- Begin Teaching as Leadership Quote ----------- As we see modeled by these teachers, the less tangible nature of such longer term dispositions, mindsets, and skills does not mean…
on “Should Surgeons Keep Score?” ↗