Posts Tagged change
241 Teachers Lose Jobs
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Leadership, Teaching/Learning on July 25, 2010
Michelle Rhee announced this week the firing of 241 teachers as part of the ongoing implementation of a broad based reform movement (IMPACT) that she undertook just a short time ago. This program… Continue reading
Instructional Core
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Leadership, Teaching/Learning on June 26, 2010
Richard Elmore, in this video clip and with the associated graphic, defines the best measure of how we should judge innovation and change in an organization. The data that we collect must come from… Continue reading
Learning 2.010 has launched!!
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Conferences/Training, Leadership, Teaching/Learning on February 3, 2010
Jeff Utecht is being a bit pessimistic with his description of the recently launched third iteration of the Learning 2.0 conference series. Despite his… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Motivation & Daniel Pink
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Farside, Leadership on January 31, 2010
It seems fortuitous that I wrote last night on Mike Rowe and then found Daniel Pink shortly after to reflect on the nature of motivation. These are two very nice videos back-to-back and tell… Continue reading
Anagnorisis & Peripeteia
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Farside, Leadership on January 30, 2010
This week I had an opportunity to read scholarship submissions at Wilson High School for the vocational education program. On the table was two years full tuition and books for a vocational path of your… Continue reading | 1 Comment
Motivation 101
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Leadership, Teaching/Learning on January 24, 2010
A thought on why broad education reform is lingering despite selective successes…
In looking at organizational behavior, there is one theory of motivation that may apply to the current scenario in regards to the… Continue reading
Anatomy of trust…
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Leadership on November 5, 2009
This has been a busy week in University Place. Two events have shaken this community in recent days and both times I found myself on television as a bystander while events unfolded. The first was… Continue reading
Which path to take…
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in China, Evolution, Leadership, Teaching/Learning on November 4, 2009
Two Million Minutes
A debate continued to brew regarding the general focus of education and how to reconcile the differences between schools in three distinct cultures and two significantly different dichotomies. It’s western… Continue reading
Update to Microsoft Surface…
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Teaching/Learning, Technology on October 28, 2009
I stand corrected. It looks like Smart Tech (www.smarttech.com) has got one in the works. Would love to know how implementation is going. Anyone?
Click here - The SMART
In reflection on Jeffrey Canada…
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Evolution, Leadership, Teaching/Learning on August 21, 2009
After discussing the Harlem Children’s Zone…
What would you rather have, a blanket of mediocrity, or a quilt of excellence?
This American Life Podcast – Interview of Jeffrey Canada
Baby College… Continue reading
Leading Change
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in Leadership on August 16, 2009
In the current world, change seems to be our greatest challenge. Creativity seems to be accepted as necessary to competitive competence, but the sustainability of change is something quite different. I’ve been party to many… Continue reading
Open House at the Zurfluh’s – Farewell…
Posted by Jon P. Zurfluh in China on June 6, 2009
Please join us on June 14, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for an open house before we start packing up. We’ll have memory books and lots of good treats for all to share… Continue reading
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