Expeditions - Types
• I chose to reflect on " How to think like Leonardo DaVinci". I have read a few of the books from the list given through my work with the learning community.• Choose to read "Good to Great" and review "Breaking Ranks II."
• Time to Rethink the High School Experience - article
• My expedition was to describe the book How Full is your Bucket by Tom Rath and Donald Clifton.
• I choose to read three articles "Remaking of High School", Time to Rethink the High School Experience" and Rethinking the High School Experience".
• I did a phone interview with Alan Harms, Superintendent at Wisner high school. We discussed a program that Wisner has used for students to stay in high school for a 5th year so that they could receive an associate degree from Northeast Community College in Norfolk.
• I did an interview and an article. The article was aaking why grade in schools.
• The interview was with a person working on their doctorate in the pedagogy of education
• How Full Is Your Bucket?
• I chose to read "The Big Picture".
• I've read "The Big Picture", "How Full is Your Bucket", and "Now Discover Your Strengths" and did the Strengthsfinder profile.
• I read an article by Dr Christensen and read about the Best Practice HS in Chicago. Along with a few other articles.
• I visited the website for Best Practice High School in Chicago, IL. I explored the different links on the page and learned about the philosophy of BPHS, the course offerings, and innovative ideas.
• I interviewed a teacher about setting up a dual language program at the High School level.
• America's most successful high schools - heard Dr. Taggett this summer at NCE conference
• I read the article “Time to Rethink the High School Experience” by Doug Christensen.
• I have read several research articles and high school reform plans such as Best Practices of High Performing High Schools, Reform at the Top, Managing the Dilemmas of High School Reform, High Schools That Work and Whole School Reform, Revitalizing High Schools, Career and Commitment in the Context of Comprehensive School Reform, Where Everybody Knows Your Name, The Future of High School Success The Importance of Parent Involvement Programs, The Essential Elements of High School Redesign, High School Reform Strategies, Vermont’s High Schools on the Move, California High School Reform Aiming High ToolKit, District of Columbia Public Schools High School Reform
• Thinking for a Change
• Read several articles on high schools of tomorrow.
• I read three different articles "Time to Rethink the High School Experience" by Doug Christensen, "Ten Signs that You Need to Find a Different Kind of Education for Your Child" by Jerry Mintz, and "Grading Student Writing Making It Simpler, Fairer, Clearer" by Peter Elbow.
• I read an article about "Remaking High Schools" that briefly talked about large school systems that have been "splitting up" into smaller schools.
• I attended a seminar “Educational Care for All Kinds of Minds.” Author Dr. Mel Levine described how the different parts of the brain must all be utilized in order to achieve optimal brain development. The seminar was a launch pad for his “Schools Attuned” program that focuses on 8 basic “constructs” (learning processes). Through this program students become aware of their own unique learning profile.
• I read a number of books, articles related to school improvement and high school reform, along with books on change (business end).
• I read "Now, Discover Your Strenghts"
• The expedition I choose to go on was to read the book Building Shared Responsibility for Student Learning.
• Journal readings
• I read the book entitled, "Inspire, connecting with students to make a difference."
• Building Shared Responsibility for Student Learning. Breaking Ranks. and The Big Picture. I also took a quick look at the results of the senior surveys.
• I chose to read High School Best Practices Study.
• I read the article "The Flight From America".
• I read articles from two current magazines "Principal Leadership" and "The Journal"
• We traveled to Niobrara and met with some teachers and administrators to discuss the my-e-learning courses they have staff members developing, and visit with them about their learning teams and the benefits and pitfalls of learning teams.
• The expedition I took consisted of an article by Doug Christensen, "Time to Rethink The High School Experience", and the book written by Jim Collins, "Good to Great".
• I read the book "Starting at Home" by Nel Noddings.
• I read different articles on having "high expectations" for "every" student. There are schools who have enforced this kind of thing and the graduation rate has increased but also it was found that it doesn't matter the socio-economic status of a building, if you expect, they will perform. (In this instance anyway!) Also, another article was about having "access/contact" groups.
• An interview
• I chose to gather information on what others are thinking about when they say “rethinking the high school”. I read the article by Barbara Nordby “Rethinking the High School Experience”, the NCSA article by Doug Christensen “Time to Rethink the High School Experience” and “Learning? Yes, of course. Education? No, thanks” by Aaron Falbel.
• Read an article from Ed Leadership about Transforming the High School and discussed this article with team members, applying concepts to our exisiting school.
• We read the article "Earning, Learning and Choice" from National Assessment of Vocational Education.
• I read Breaking Ranks II, it is a great book I got many new ideas and I feel that based on its research we may be able to implement and adjust many of the ideas to fit our school.
• I read sections of Breaking Ranks II and downloaded and read articles from various sources on Rethinking High Schools
• Reading chapter of Breaking Ranks II
• I read chapter 2 of Breaking Ranks II.
• I read the AP news story "Look, Ma, No Schoolbooks!" Almost daily I read about technology in schools. This was an article among several about schools using laptops and etext.
• The Kiplinger company does forecasts for managament decisionmaking. I spent some time reviewing what they forcast in the area of education and career needs
• I viewed a show from public television called "The Hobart Shakespeareans." (He also has written a book, which I have ordered but haven't read yet, since it has not arrived.) It was a story of Rafe Esquith, a 5th grade teacher in an elementary school in California. The neighborhood is poor and is composed mainly of Latino and Asian immigrant children for whom English is not their first language. The school is one of the largest in California with 2,000 students.
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