Hey, Rockstars!
Today's episode features an awesome Edu-Interview with Downingtown's Supervisor of Professional Learning, Jen Saksa (@DASD_Profdev). Jen is a former high school teacher, assistant middle school principal, and elementary principal. Here's these three discuss:
- Professional Development and the need to differentiate for everyone...
- Desire to shift the focus of what it was to what it should be...
- Recognizing the needs and developmental stages of adult learners...
- What works? PLC's, Ed Camps, Action Research, Job Embedded Coaching, Mentoring, Social Media PLN's, etc....
- Romeo and Juliet
- Michael Fullan (@MichaelFullan1) and philosophy that "belief changes after behavior changes..."
- Andrew Hargreaves, UBD, Todd Whitaker (@toddwhitaker), Shawn Achor (@shawnachor), Dan Pink (@danielpink), Malcolm Knowles (
- Favorite John Hughes' movie...
- Favorite and least favorite representation of a principal in a movie...
This one is philosophy and Edu-Heavy!