3.“If I could give my faculty one thing, it would be the gift of time. Time for professional development, time to reflect on their lessons, time to talk with their peers about best practices, time to make curricular ties to the arts, and time to pat each other on the back for a job well done.” —Laura Davis, Assistant Principal, North Pocono Middle School
“If I could give one gift overall to my teaching staff, it would be ‘time.’ I believe that this is what teachers wish for the most. A public education system that is designed to meet student needs via appropriate use of their teacher’s time to prepare outstanding units, lessons, and assessments while building caring relationships between teachers and students. Meaningful and engaging instructional planning takes time—time not just to grade papers but time to provide meaningful feedback; time to discuss with students ‘how to improve.’ Teachers need time to meet and collaborate in a professional manner, not over their lunch or hit-and-miss during their conference period. Creating a school calendar that has purposeful time scheduled in for teachers to put to use their professional talents to a higher level while working as a true [Professional Learning Community] is the gift I would give teachers.
“If I could give my students one gift, it would be an Apple iPad 2. This can be an amazing educational/learning tool. Remember the research concerning why students drop out of high school? The No. 1 answer was: I was bored. I believe utilizing the Apple iPad 2 would be a huge step in demonstrating to this generation of students that we are listening and we understand their needs.” —Paul K. Shepich, principal, Clarenceville High School, Livonia, Mich.
4.“I’d give all teachers the opportunity to engage in the dialogue related to changing the existing mandate of improved test scores to the mandate they were presumably educated to do: facilitate effective learning.” —John Bennett, Emeritus Professor/Associate Dean, University of Connecticut
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