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Bureaucracy Can Make Us Crazy!

Posted on20. Jul, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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A few months back I wrote my manifesto about National Testing, if you haven’t read the paper you can get it here.  At the time of writing that paper I was focused on the impact that national tests have on students and how we might be measuring only a little bit of student ability or [...]

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Education is more than about the tools

Posted on12. Jul, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Many education departments around the globe are rolling out or considering the roll out of some form of one-to-one computer program.  Some programs even have the students taking the laptop computer home. So with these programs in mind I read with interest this article on the NY Times website – Computers at Home: Educational Hope [...]

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Why Intervention?

Posted on21. Jun, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Why do we have so many intervention programs cropping up around the globe? Including the one I deliver. Intervention on rumors… intervention on isolation and bullying… intervention on taunting… intervention on internet harassment… intervention on ‘sexting’… Why are our students so dissatisfied that they are taking out their angst on other students? I believe it [...]

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Increasing Student Retention

Posted on12. Jun, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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If you’re as interested in learning as I am, I’m sure you have wondered about student retention.  Donald Clark wrote an excellent article on spaced practice as a prime method to increase retention anywhere from 200-700%. I’d like to further the list with 3 more ways to increase student retention as well as a giving [...]

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Treading on Dreams

Posted on10. Jun, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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This is the second TED talk I have seen by Sir Ken Robinson.  I won’t destroy this brilliant speaker by trying to summarise his points, I will let him speak for himself. Whilst watching Sir Ken I was reminded about one of my early years in the classroom.  I was teaching the 5th Grade at [...]

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What is the Impact of our Curriculum?

Posted on18. May, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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In all my years working in organizational development I have been results-oriented. I believe in results and outcomes. I understand results come from action and focus. I think in terms of focus, then action and finally the results. So if I turn my attention onto the education of students, I see that schools focus primarily [...]

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National tests – Yes, No or Maybe?

Posted on07. May, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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I have been toiling away as a blogger for 18 months now, I hope you feel I am starting to understand this new medium.  My decision to begin a blog was to continue a conversation. For 30+ years I have worked across classrooms, schools, districts, education department central offices, chains of stores, multinational conglomerates and [...]

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Classroom Lesson for Teaching Respect

Posted on05. May, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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Now that I have defined Respect and provided the introduction to a classroom discussion let’s put some rubber to the road and build a lesson plan. When teaching values or character skills to young people you need to remind yourself about the comfort zone.  Every individual has a zone of habits where they are comfortable, [...]

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Respect in the K-12 Classroom

Posted on03. May, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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My recent post about respect in leadership has generated an avalanche of emails on respect in the classroom. So this post is an attempt on how to define Respect for students in the K-12 Classroom. You know that at times it is hard to explain these values and character traits to students. So here goes… [...]

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My Apologies

Posted on12. Apr, 2010 by Trinidad Hunt.

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I’ve been in seclusion developing the e-seminars I spoke of a month or two ago. It’s been an exciting process, but I have been up to my ears in power point templates, playbook manuals, and video and audio equipment. Ask me if I’m excited! I am!!! I am finally having the opportunity to take years [...]

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