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In Search of A New Model...

"Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results." Albert Einstein I think I must be going insane. I have been trying to work with teachers for years now on transforming their teaching. I have offered numerous trainings after school, before school, in the summer, whenever I could. Still, there were many who never attended any of these classes. Why? After talking to many teachers, it turns out that there are many reasons why they don't come. For some, they have too many other things happening at those times, family obligations, committee meetings, parent conferences, lesson planning, etc... So I've come to the realization that I will need to change my model if I'm going to have any success. Here is my new plan. I am thinking of moving to a coaching model. Our teachers meet in PLC's every week. I would meet with each team 4 times a year. Once at the beginning of the year to set goals. How will you meet the requirements of t