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Elizabeth Dampf

@ElizabethDampf

Director of Professional Learning at Round Lake Area Schools

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calendar_today09-07-2015 04:57:09

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Jason Kennedy | Stop Teaching & Design Learning!(@letsquitteachin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If we could get the idea that the kids don't come to school to do work for us, but instead they come to school to experience learning designed by us, we might see some real changes.

Our job is to design for learning to happen.
Not to come up with work for kids to do.

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Elizabeth Dampf(@ElizabethDampf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

These are excellent thoughts, especially in a time when people are all too eager to hide behind the anonymity of popular opinion.

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This is a great point. I think we often forget how isolating leadership can be, and we add to it by expecting superhuman acts of our leaders.

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This article discusses how misogyny taints perceptions of women who network and suggests women disguise their networking efforts as group-oriented. I think it misses one of the biggest advantages of networking “up,” though: to learn from experienced mentors.

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Has quiet quitting ever been more prevalent than now? With burnout and turnover rampaging, it’s worth rethinking how we view and respond to the phenomenon. ascd.org/blogs/yes-teac…

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This article points to an interesting tension between parents, schools, governments, and our perception of who is responsible for student attendance. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

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What an interesting question… I think it would have to start by letting teachers explore AI at their own pace and in ways that honor their needs and experience.

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Frankly, *every* school employee deserves relevant, high quality professional learning. Leaving any staff member to fend for themselves sends a terrible message.

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The trouble is: administrator burnout and teacher burnout fuel each other. Nothing saps a leader’s energy like trying to guide a burned out team, and nothing erodes teacher confidence like a principal who has thrown the towel in ascd.org/blogs/leaders-…

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Teachers nationwide are asking for a stronger voice in decisions that impact them, and rightly so. It seems, however, that we keep defaulting to hierarchical structures because they’re familiar, even if they reduce teacher voice.

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The Paradox of Administrator Burnout

This is a piece I’ve been wanting to write for a long time. Educators across all job descriptions— including administrators— experience burnout, and the industry needs to reckon with leaders’ fatigue as well. ascd.org/blogs/the-para…

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Hey folks, hope to see you tonight on this amazing webinar. Jackie Wynkoop Bobby Pollicino and I will be discussing how to build an adaptability mindset. Can’t wait for our discussion.

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Teacher attrition and administrative turnover are both at all-time highs. I *have* to believe this will spark some kind of systemic change, maybe even improvement.

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For professional learning to be effective, it must take teachers’ experience, expertise, and beliefs into account. Too often, we forget that our participants are people, and instead treat them like empty buckets waiting for us to fill them with wisdom.

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