The Time has (Almost) Come!
The time has (almost) come! Can you tell I’m excited?
The notion that assessment can, and indeed should, inspire hope is explored with highlights from the Assessment Collaborative Conference.
Reflecting back on serving a thousand or more educators in dozens of schools across quite a few states in 2023 – 24, a few lessons come to mind that might be helpful.
One of my favorite phrases from high school Latin is “sine qua non.” It very literally means, “without which there is nothing.” And in education, there is one thing, above all else, that is sine qua non.
At the risk of adding another acronym to our field, consider the following when thinking about your CFA: the FACTS. And just the FACTS, ma’am.
The beauty of the four Critical Questions of a learning team is that they are simple. That doesn’t mean the process is easy, though.
Not wanting to just reflect on the past year, I thought I would share some leadership lessons I’ve recently learned from an unlikely source…