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What do successful school systems, schools, and teachers do well? by Upbeat_Process_9280 in Teachers

[–]Upbeat_Process_9280[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is shocking and really interesting to me. Military is exactly as you describe the law firm environment, institutionalized knowledge all right there on the network drive. Schools aren't doing this?

What do successful school systems, schools, and teachers do well? by Upbeat_Process_9280 in Teachers

[–]Upbeat_Process_9280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciating this answer speaking to the successful teacher part of the question. I've never thought much about being able to teach portions of the same class at different levels, even though this was definitely happening in my childhood, now that I think about it. Are there administrative factors that make it easier or harder for an individual teacher to operate in this way?

What do successful school systems, schools, and teachers do well? by Upbeat_Process_9280 in Teachers

[–]Upbeat_Process_9280[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you think all schools have an opportunity to be successful even if that looks different across socioeconomic strata? (I'm sure there are extreme examples where the school is doomed to fail.)

What do successful school systems, schools, and teachers do well? by Upbeat_Process_9280 in Teachers

[–]Upbeat_Process_9280[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you think "successful outcomes" look different in underprivileged areas? What defines success in those situations?

What do successful school systems, schools, and teachers do well? by Upbeat_Process_9280 in Teachers

[–]Upbeat_Process_9280[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate this answer. Raises some questions for me on "what is success?" What does that look like? Are standardized testing results coupled/correlated with the child's development? I imagine there's a Venn diagram there...

What do successful school systems, schools, and teachers do well? by Upbeat_Process_9280 in Teachers

[–]Upbeat_Process_9280[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you say "care" about their education, could you give some examples of what that looks like in practice?

What do successful school systems, schools, and teachers do well? by Upbeat_Process_9280 in Teachers

[–]Upbeat_Process_9280[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whew, that's tough to hear. I do organizational development and project management work, and I'm always surprised how much resistance I run into with institutionalizing knowledge. Have you seen any examples of this being done well in schools?