Our blog post titled “Are you trained or educated?” make the list of the top 100 essential blog posts for the first year teacher.
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HOPE Blog makes the list of 100 essential blog posts for the first year teacher!
January 13th, 2010 No Comments
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Testimonial on HOPE conference
November 24th, 2009 1 Comment
One of our principals from the school district where I was superintendent, recently returned from the Atlanta HOPE conference.
I used to be a principal when she was a 4th grade teacher for us and she was always a great instructional leader. I trust her judgment. She sent me this little paragraph about what the Atlanta [...]
Tags: conferences · HOPE · professional development · training
HOPE Conferences Make a Difference!!
November 20th, 2009 1 Comment
As many of you know, the HOPE Foundation provides world class conferences for educators featuring national leaders in education. Recently, my former colleagues from my time as a Superintendent of Schools returned from an exciting time in Atlanta at the latest HOPE conference.
Here is what Wendy had to say:
I have been an educator for 16 years. [...]
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HOPE Institutes: Cutting edge programs
May 5th, 2009 No Comments
If you haven’t had a chance to attend one of HOPE’s professional conferences, take a moment to check out some of the presenters.
Presenters at Failure Is Not an Option®: Courageous Leadership for School Success Institutes will include: Al Bertani, Willard Daggett, Michael Fullan, Tom Guskey, Cindy Harrison, Jay McTighe, Pedro Noguera, Ken O’Connor, Todd Whitaker, [...]
Tags: education conferences · HOPE Foundation · in service · professional development · training
Are you trained or educated?
March 31st, 2009 15 Comments
Each semester we bring to campus Masters and Doctoral applicants who are trying to get into the University of Wyoming’s graduate programs in Educational Leadership. During our assessment/interview day my colleague Dr. Heather Duncan noted how often the word “training” came up during the conversations.
This prompted a discussion about whether adults should be “trained” or “educated.” The [...]
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