Capacity
How do you build capacity in your school to improve student achievement? For every unit of responsibility given teachers is there an equal unit of resources/capacity provided?
Do we truly reflect on some of the teaching strategies still used and say “not good enough”? How do schools deal with teachers who are doing “OK”?
Currently I am studying my leadership theories for my administration degree. We read a lot about principals or schools that “get it”. I wonder how many schools actually do get it. I am in Connecticut with some very high performing districts. Yet, I have friends in those schools who tell stories that clearly show those schools are not working to capacity. And if a school hits capacity, how long can they hold that measure of performance?
I am starting to agree with many of my fellow bloggers that we may need a revolutionary change. Perhaps with the coming wave of baby boom retirements we will get a new crop of teachers who are prepared for the 21st century landscape.
