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Welcome to the wiki for Macomb Ed.S. Cohort # 9.

__**Applying for the State Admin. Certificate**__ The following link provides the information needed to apply for your Michigan Administrative Certificate with building level endorsement. Once all of your Ed.S. grades are posted and your OU account is in good standing, you will complete the state's application on line and it will automatically be sent electronically to OU's Office for Ed Certifications. That office checks your OU record and informs the state electronically of your eligibility. The state Dept. of Ed will send you a bill. When the state receives your payment, they send you your certificate. http://www.oakland.edu/?id=17185&sid=45 (I have a couple follow up recommendations that I will share at our next meeting.)




 * EA 743/702 Course Requirements**

You will present your web page/e-portfolio to the cohort on an assigned date for their critique as well as that of the instructor. You will place a link to your web page/e-portfolio on your page of this wiki.
 * 1. Professional Web Site/e-Portfolio**

Several students have found Weebly a user-friendly tool to create their web sites. Alternate tools such as Google Sites & Pageflakes are acceptable. Your first task is to become familiar with your chosen technology. [|Weebly] You will be creating an on-line presence that should benefit your career advancement and serve presently as a means of assessing your leadership growth & development.

The __web site aspect__ of this requirement intends to allow creative flexibility to present yourself as you choose. It is suggested that you begin your site by introducing viewers to its purpose and to yourself as an education leader. You'll want viewers to know what is contained within your site, how to navigate your site, and how to communicate with you from your site. Keep in mind that web sites are simply viewed as well as read. They are a visual tool so do not overload yours with narrative. It needs to be visually interesting in order to keep viewers engaged and tell your story.

The __e-Portfolio aspect__ of this requirement is more specifically related to the completion of your Ed.S. program and is, therefore, more proscribed in nature. You must have a separate section within your site for each of Michigan's eight standards for the preparation of school administrators. Each section will contain the actual standard followed by a narrative paragraph wherein you share your //beliefs/dispositions// relative to that standard. Another paragraph will explain why you have selected the artifacts that follow as evidence of your //knowledge and performance// of this standard. A minimum of one artifact each is required for standards 1 - 7. Artifacts may be inserted as links. Artifacts may be course assignments, internship activities, or recent professional experiences. Artifacts may be documents, photos, videos, etc. The standard 8 section of your e-portfolio will provide viewers with evidence that you are "practice ready". Your EA 701/702 internship documents will serve as the primary evidence. (See # 8 below.)

Here are two links if you need to refresh your knowledge of the standards 1 - 6 ( [|ISLLC] ) and 7 ([|NETS-A]).

Here are links to some examples of web sites/e-portfolios. Kathy Allen is a 2012 MEd grad who recently created her excellent e-portfolio. It is based on the Michigan Standards and provides potential employers with an overview of her preparation for a leadership position. @http://kathleenallan.weebly.com/ Emily Mancion has password protected access to some pages of her web site. She can choose to share the needed password at her discretion. http://emilymoncion.weebly.com/ John Bernia completed his EdS at OU a couple years ago when he was a MS AP. He is now a MS Principal. He has a very strong presence on the web including a web site. One "page" on his site is his EdS Portfolio that is linked here. [] Shari Pawlus created her web page in 2011 as an MEd grad. She is currently a member of the Galileo Teacher Leadership EdS Cohort. [] Cortnie Wilson created her e-portfolio as she completes her MEd. She plans to continue building her on line presence as an important part of her effort to advance her career. http://cortniewilson.weebly.com/ I have also __started__ creating my own sample web page, which is far from complete. I share it mainly to point out that an unexperienced Weebly user only needed a little more than two hours to get this far, albeit with some struggle and frustration. http://bopclark.weebly.com I also started a web site using Google Sites. []

You will recall taking the leadership self-assessment at the start of the Ed.S. program. You are now required to take that assessment a second time. The second link below is a PDF of the assessment. It is recommended that you print a copy of the instructions at the beginning of the document as they will make it easier for you to complete this task. Do not begin the assessment unless you have the time to complete it in one sitting. An important aspect of the assessment requires completion of the narrative box for each standard. You will want to review that process by reading the PDF prior to starting the assessment (See 2nd link below.).
 * 2. Self-Assessment**

@http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Summer2012POST



In EA 740, your first, Ed.S. course, you were required to create a Leadership Action Plan. This was a plan to affect change as a leader in a context appropriate to your current position (e.g. Grade level, department, PLC, school, or district.). You were to involve other adults in your project. It was suggested that you include this activity in your internship and keep a log or journal that would assist you with creating a presentation in this final course, EA 743. You will now create and deliver a 5 - 10 minute presentation to the cohort. Your presentation must be made using technology other than the traditional Power Point. such as [|Prezi]. You are expected to share with your cohort the following: · What you planned to do. · Why you selected this project. · How you implemented your plan. · The results of your efforts. · Your assessment of the project. · Any possible follow up on the project. Place a link to your presentation on your page of this wiki. I spent about 20 minutes making a very short and very basic Prezi. http://prezi.com/jbuaocgfski9/copy-of-leading-change/ Neil DeLuca, a member of the Macomb EdS # 8 cohort, created this Prezi for his 2011 presentation. [|http//prezi.com/lqrdqtxwy_kf/plan-of-action/] Julie Anderson, also a Macomb EdS 8 member, used this Prezi for her 2011 presentation. http://prezi.com/o24rr98u0dky/leadership-action-plan/ Mike Cahill, an English dept. head, created this Prezi when a Galileo cohort member in 2011. http://prezi.com/92gsgpbkxs2c/michaels-leadership-action-prezentation/
 * 3. Leadership Action Plan Presentation**

For class sessions # 2 - 5, there are reading assignments posted on our wiki Readings page. Students are expected to post their reflection on the reading in a paragraph or two by Sunday evening. Time will be provided during Monday's class to read all of the postings prior to a discussion of the reading.
 * 4. Readings & Discussions**

Your internship began during the first course of the 22 month Ed.S. program and documents were submitted for review at the mid-point of the program (EA 701). At the conclusion of this final term of the program, your entire internship record is to be included within Standard 8 of your e-Portfolio. These documents include an updated Plan of Work, Activity Logs, Mentor Letters, and Reflective Summay (i.e. This Summary of a paragraph or two will comprise the introduction to section 8 of your e-Portfolio where you provide evidence of being "practice ready" to move into an administrative position.)
 * 5. EA 702 Internship Documents**

You will attend the Annual Ed.S. Research Symposium on campus on the designated Saturday. In addition to attending selected presentations, you will be part of your action research team's presentation.
 * 6. Research Symposium Participation**


 * The following articles support the importance of digital portfolios, on line presence, and personal branding.**

The following links are just two of many predictions that professionals more and more will need to create an online presence. "[|Shaping the Future, 7 Predictions for the Creative Community] " Scroll down to prediction # 5, which discusses the use of digital portfolios. Forbes magazine article predicts that the [|on line presence] of job-seekers will replace their old fashioned resume. What is an on line presence? Do you have one? What is personal branding? What's your brand?

The 5/20/12 issue of the Detroit Free Press in the Jobs Section contained the latest advice to resume builders. I have summarized this article on our Interviews etc. page, however, below I have included a quote from the article that supports the importance of a multidimensional approach to presenting yourself as an applicant for a job posting.
 * //"Since most resumes are now submitted on line, including links to relevant social media profiles, personal websites, or online portfolios can make your resume multidimensional...Just make sure to clean up your profiles before sharing them, so employers don't have access to anything that might be detrimental to your professional reputation."//**

Personal branding is a concept that relates to professional web sites. Read over this little essay and consider whether or not you want to tell your personal story as part of your web site. []

__**The following section contains a variety of information that may be of interest to you as an ed leader. The dates of the posting are simply used an organizing tool.**__

6/11/12 Here are selected quotes from the cohort members who contributed to the discussion of the Principal's Blog about handling student discipline.

6/6/12 You've heard of Diane Ravitch, the ed historian and a leading spokesperson against the market-driven reform agenda. Below is an interview with Ravitch aired yesterday on PBS national news. This interview is part of PBS' current focus on education. Two days ago they interviewed Melida Gates. Here is a link to [|PBS' site]where you'll find the Gates interview and other reports. media type="custom" key="19075786"

6/5/12 Very interesting Ed Week Commentary by Fullan & Hargraves, two internationally known & respected researchers/consultants. It is based on their small, 2012 book which I almost selected for you to read during the S 1 term. (The Bloomfield cohort is reading Hess' latest book. He discusses that book in the interview video linked below, 6/3/12.) Find time to read this Commentary. It presents a [|professionalization approach] to improving American education as opposed to the package of free market, business-like approaches being promoted by so many politicians and business leaders.

6/4/12 Ran across this 8 min. video that does a nice job of presenting the answer to this question, "[|Is teaching an art or a science]?"

6/3/12 As of 10 p.m., here are selected quotes that I have taken from each of the comments shared members of the cohort. Please read them over and make note of those that strike a cord for you, or that raise a question in your mind.

6/3/12 Since reading Rick Hess' article stimulated such good responses from the cohort, you may want to listen to Hess speak about his view as to why efforts to reform education appear to be nothing more than "the same thing over and over" without effective results. (Even if one disagrees with much of Hess' views, there is a benefit for leaders to know what one of the leading education policy critics has to say.) This talk lasts about 30 minutes and is based on Hess' latest book that is critical of both conservative and liberal reformers. http://youtu.be/gGfzmHakLBQ

6/2/12 Neat absence excuse note, eh?!!

6/1/12 Ran across this great video worth a couple minutes to make a point. 

5/29/12 NY Times article helps us see the PD potential of Twitter. http://nyti.ms/Lb2Ith

5/24/12 Just for fun, if you aren't one of the over 3 million who have viewed this on You Tube, here's your opportunity to have a laugh. 

5/23/12 NEA report written by teacher leaders purposes transforming the teaching profession.

5/21/12 The Reading & discussion for this week focused on Cognitive Dissonance. The following is a summary of the cohort's thoughts on dealing with cognitive dissonance. Also see below (5/15) for two videos that provide additional advice to those leading change initiatives.

5/20/12 Commencement address given by Richard Rothstein at Loyola U is a must read. http://www.epi.org/publication/richard-rothstein-commencement-address-loyola-university/

5/17/12 What would be on your list of things that are [|disrupting education], that is changing the way children are educated?

5/17/12 If you are venturing into Twitter as a tool to communicate and share with other educators, you may want to explore this [|list of ed hash tags] that will help you identify specific groups who use Twitter.

5/16/12 This is just too cool not to share and it has all kinds of educational potential - Real time world statistics! http://www.worldometers.info/

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 * 5/15/12 TED presenter & author, Simon Sinek, shares his beliefs about the most effective leaders & organizations in this 18 minute video. His presentation connects to this week's Reading assignment, Cognitive Dissonance, in that he provides one answer to "what if the facts aren't enough" to gain the support of followers.**


 * Author of //Drive//, Daniel Pink, shares in this 18 minute, animated video, his findings about human motivation. What "drives" people is purpose according to the research on human motivation.**
 * So, Simon Sinek (above) advises leaders to start with "why" and Daniel Pink advises starting with "purpose". How does this advice help school leaders deal with cognitive dissonance?**

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5/15/12 Last night while we were busy in class, the PBS News Hour presented a 10 minute segment by respected ed journalist John Merrow on how the new Core Standards are effecting "What Your Child Is Reading". Watch it below. media type="youtube" key="bM3y3H1tPcg?version=3" height="315" width="560"

5/14/12 In the first reading, the Vanderbilt University, [|Val-Ed] assessment for measuring principal effectiveness, was mentioned. Here is a link to additional information.

5/14/12 Our first reading was a Wallace Foundation report that summarized 10 years of research on effective principal leadership. The [|Wallace Knowledge Center]is an excellent source of information on several, selected areas of importance to educators: leadership, art education, after school programs, school counseling, and others, BC

5/11/12 Finland's public education system has received a great deal of attention as one from which we can learn a few things. [|The Daily Riff] web site provides a collection of information and links to additional resources if you want to learn about Finland's system. Also, I would be glad to loan you my copy of the documentary, "The Finland Phenomenon", which is an hour long but well worth the time. BC

5/11/12 Brief, engaging video on a NC middle school that was turned around by new leadership from principal & teachers. BC media type="youtube" key="7FtyoFwN17M?version=3" height="315" width="560"

5/10/12 NASSP sponsored a very recent webinar "Social Media for School Leaders" presented by a school principal who provides answers to "why" and "what" and "how". When you click on the link below, you'll find the webinar link in the box on the top left. You will need to click on Windows or Mac. You'll be asked to provide NASSP with some basic information before gaining access to this free 50 minute presentation. http://www.nassp.org/Professional-Development/NASSP-Webinars/NASSP-Webinar-Archive

5/7/12 Ed Week's "[|Spotlight on Principals]" provides several articles regarding the principalship that were published in recent years.

5/4/12 The Bloomfield cohort is reading [|Rick Hess]' book, The Same Thing Over & Over, we should at least read his Ed Week op ed piece. And, read his [|more recent blog] that supports more aggressive leadership for educational change. Hess first shared his argument for more aggressive school leadership in this 2010 article.

5/4/12 I re-read a Time magazine essay from 11/11, written by [|Fareed Zakaria], a respected journalist and wonder what you think about what he had to say about American education.

5/4/12 A 14 year teacher shares his thoughts about the changes caused by [|ed technology]. What are your thoughts?

5/3/12 Bill Ferriter, a NC teacher leader, writes in his ASCD column about how he "discovered" that teachers can benefit from connecting professionally on [|Twitter].

5/3/12 This principal has put together a collection of his blogs that discuss the professional benefits of [|using social media].

5/3/12 Ed historian, Diane Ravitch, believes we should know about [|ALEC], an organization with great influence over ed policy.

5/3/12 Harvard & MIT announced their plans to increase free on line learning. media type="youtube" key="SA6ELdIRkRU" height="315" width="560"

5/3/12 I've been meaning to introduce you to [|Story Corps Teacher Project]. Selected teachers are interviewed very briefly but their stories are uplifting.

5/1/12 Leaders need to keep up on the work being done by the state committee tasked with recommending a state-wide educator effectiveness assessment model. The [|Michigan Council for Educator Effectiveness] just published its interim report.

5/1/12 The Center for Michigan's latest newsletter, Bridge, features some short articles questioning whether or not our high schools are properly fulfilling the role of preparing grads for college.

5/1/12 Ed Week is offering some collections of articles[| free]. These Spotlight features are of interest to ed leaders.

4/30/12 [|Stephen Colbert interviews] the former chair of the Texas State Board of Ed who led the very controversial effort to change textbooks from the current liberal bias to a conservative bias. The entire Texas textbook episode is the subject of a new documentary film, "[|The Revisionaries]".

4/25/12 Ed Week article discusses the challenge of[| implementing the Core Standards].

4/28/12 USA Today article provides a good overview of the [|various opinions of the Common Core Standards] complete with links to those opinions.

4/28/12 This essay contends their are limits to the effect of knowledge and, as a result, questions adding financial literacy to the [|curriculum], or for that matter, other topics intended to fix societal problems. (The Daily Riff is a web site worth your time.)

4/28/12 The popular TED site now has a[| TED Ed] site aimed at college and perhaps high school teachers. It is particularly worth checking out if you are interested in "flipping" your instruction.

April 27, 2012 | Posted At: 09:37 AM | Author: Alexander Russo

Poster: "Keep Calm And Continue Testing"


11/10 The [|Mobile Learning Institute] has several, short videos that may interest you. I draw your attention to the Yong Zhao video. He is an MSU professor and the author of the ASCD bestseller Catching Up or Leading the Way.

11/12/10 [|Ed Week] has published a special collection of reports & stories on professional development.

11/12/10 ASCD has created a web page devoted to supporting educators who are involved with the new [|Common Core Curriculum Standards.]


 * News Flash 11/10/10** There is [|proposed legislation] coming out of the Michigan Senate Education Committee that may change aspects of the tenure law. And, a spokes person for the [|MEA] said the union is willing to discuss the tenure law as long as due process is ensured.

Ever heard of a **[|teacherpreneur]**? This news article is from a forthcoming book titled Teaching 2030 about the future of teaching. The author, Barnett Berry, is the director of an organization of teachers by teachers, [|The Center for Teaching Quality].

10/30/10 This cartoon appeared in the NY Times. 

Here are [|12 videos] that ed leaders should watch according an interesting blog, [|Dangerously Irrelevant], by Scott McLeod J.D., Ph.D.

As an ed leader, you should know about Public School Academies, commonly known as charter schools. ASCD published this recent Info Brief, "[|Examining Charter Schools]". (Info Brief is one of ASCD's excellent resources for ed leaders.)

The AFT president, Randi Weingarden, seems to have become the "face of teachers" as she appears in print, on TV, and in documentaries. Finally, I have run across an interview of the [|NEA president], Dennis VanReonkle. This five minute video was done in Oct '10, by Jay Matthews, the education columnist of the Washington Post.

Tired of local news, that is neither local or news? Following a brief computer ad, you'll view an "actual" SNL example. :-) media type="custom" key="7299205"

One hundred, very useful [|video sites for teachers]. __//**Check this out!**//__

It seems to be in vogue to have a simple fix for America's public schools. (e.g. Fire the bad teachers). The challenge of improving public education would seem to require a more thoughtful and nuanced analysis with corresponding changes. [|Richard Rothstein] is an education policy analyst for the Economic Policy Institute. Take several minutes to read his take on "How To Fix Our Schools".

This little video is a hilarious depiction of how many people deal with change. Think about the stages of grief and how they apply to handling change. (i.e. denial, anger, etc.) media type="youtube" key="nKrHX6afkhs?fs=1" height="385" width="480"



[|Time magazine's cover story] in the Sept. 20, 2010, issue is one that education leaders should read so as to be knowledgeable. Sixteen pages are devoted to education issues. This link provides access to abbreviated versions of parts of this special section. (Standard 6 of the national standards for the preparation of school leaders requires that we have knowledge of the larger context, beyond our classroom, school and district. The role of the state in public education has greatly increased since Michigan changed school funding from local property tax to state sales tax in the mid-nineties. The role of the federal government has increased with the passage of NCLB under G. Bush and The Race To the Top under B. Obama.)

The progressive, weekly publication, The Nation, published the following [|criticism of Waiting for Superman].

The Hechinger Report is a good resource for educational leaders. It specializes in [|educational journalism]. This link will connect you to their web site. This particular issue provides a "roundup" of comments from key people on Waiting for Superman.

There are actually [|four documentaries] on public education being released this fall. This article introduces each and contains links to their web sites.

[|Public Agenda] is an excellent resource for educational leaders. Here they relate the message of the documentary Waiting for Superman to the need to have "super" [|principals] in every school. The importance of the principal's role is confirmed by a good deal of research including the surveys of teachers done by Public Agenda.

[|Time magazine] published the results of an August, 2010, survey of 1000 parents across the USA about public education. Which results surprise you?

The kickoff for this project was on [|Meet The Press] 9/26. This link to The Daily Riff provides a few video clips from that discussion. Sept. 27, 2010, NBC's Today show host Matt Laurer conducted an in depth interview at the Whitehouse with [|President Obama]. [|Curriculum Matters] is a free blog written by the [|Education Week] newspaper's journalists whose "beat" is curriculum related matters. This link will introduce you to their blog and this particular one contains a couple very interesting items with links to original sources.

TED.org has many excellent, 15 - 20 minute videos of interest to educators. One of my favorites is Sir Kenneth Robinson, who shares his thoughts about the importance of creativity within education. Here he addresses a live audience at the conclusion of a 2006 conference on creativity.

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If you'd like to hear more of Robinson's thoughts about education, here is a link to a 2010 TED presentation.

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The most recent Ken Robinson video provides an overview of his basic position on today's efforts to reform education. It is cleverly presented for visual learners with animated notes being drawn while he provides an 11 minute voice-over lecture. I am also linking this [|RSA Animation] here in an effort to make it possible to enlarge the presentation to full screen.

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The [|Colbert Report] may be on past your bed time so here is a recent segment of "The Word" that focuses on parents worst fear, namely that their children may not turn out to be just like them. (Colbert's video follows a very brief ad for the History Channel.)

NBC brought together a panel including the national presidents of both teachers' unions, Geoffrey Canada, Michelle Rhee, and a NYC teacher. The moderator is Steve Brill, a print journalist who has been critical of public education. This video is almost an hour in length but worth watching to increase your understanding of the hot button issues facing ed leaders.

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On 10/4, the new Michigan legislation requiring changes in the procedures for evaluating all public school instructional staff was referenced. Here is the law as of Jan. 2010. Sec. 1249. With the involvement of teachers and school administrators, the board of a school district or intermediate <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">school district or board of directors of a public school academy shall adopt and implement for all teachers and school <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">administrators a rigorous, transparent, and fair performance evaluation system that does all of the following: <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(a) Evaluates the teacher’s or school administrator’s job performance at least annually while providing timely and <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">constructive feedback. <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(b) Establishes clear approaches to measuring student growth and provides teachers and school administrators with <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">relevant data on student growth. <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(c) Evaluates a teacher’s or school administrator’s job performance, using multiple rating categories that take into <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">account data on student growth as a significant factor. For these purposes, student growth shall be measured by <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">national, state, or local assessments and other objective criteria. <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(d) Uses the evaluations, at a minimum, to inform decisions regarding all of the following: <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(i) The effectiveness of teachers and school administrators, ensuring that they are given ample opportunities for <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">improvement. <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(ii) Promotion, retention, and development of teachers and school administrators, including providing relevant <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">coaching, instruction support, or professional development. <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(iii) Whether to grant tenure or full certification, or both, to teachers and school administrators using rigorous <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">standards and streamlined, transparent, and fair procedures. <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">(iv) Removing ineffective tenured and untenured teachers and school administrators after they have had ample <span style="font: 12px/19px Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">opportunities to improve, and ensuring that these decisions are made using rigorous standards and streamlined, <span style="font-family: Helvetica,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">transparent, and fair procedures.
 * Jan. 2010, the following legislation became Michigan law affecting how educators will now be evaluated.**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #162336; display: block; font-size: 25px; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">**The Education Crisis: "The Daily Show" Version** Comedian [|Louis Black] appears here on The Daily Show to perform his "commentary" (think rant!) on the recent week spent by NBC on "Education Nation" and all the hype about Waiting for Superman. He also skewers the new A & E reality show, Teach: Tony Danza. His delivery is always that of a man totally fed up with hypocrisy as he views current events.

There is another documentary film coming out very soon. [|Race to Nowhere] looks at the effects of testing on children. Take a look at the trailer. media type="youtube" key="Uem73imvn9Y?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

10/18/10 - We briefly touched upon the structural effects of technology on education. Here is a brief article that challenges the five most common [|myths about technology] in education.

ASCD's recent [|authors] are available free, on line discussing their books, A great resource. Check it out.

However, if you like parodies, this panel discussion by "experts" on educational testing is an eye opening presentation about an often over looked segment of the American school population.
 * Viewer Warning**: The video below is not for anyone who may be offended by crude language.

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Ever heard of the [|Kahn Academy]? This one-man, on line, free tutoring service has become a phenomenon. Check it out through this Daily Riff web site, but know that all of Kahn's videos are available on You Tube.

Summary of [|Change Leadership] text .