Assumptions_About_Learning

you go to? || What school are we? || Where do you want to work? || Which school for your own children? ||
 * **Assumptions about learning** || What school did
 * **Assumptions about learning** || What school did
 * 1. Charles Darwin School || 9 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||
 * 2. Pontius Pilate School || 16 || 2 || 1 || 0 ||
 * 3. Chicago Cub Fan School || 4 || 21 || 14 || 13 ||
 * 4. Henry Higgins School || 1 || 6 || 15 || 16 ||

Here's an activity I did with my staff that is POWERFUL. In the book Whatever It Takes (and many other PLC books) they tell about 4 different types of schools...I don't have my book at home to look it up, but I remember Hennry Higgins School, and 3 others. (I hope you know what I'm talking about). On a piece of paper teachers had to write down which school to the following: What school did you go to? What school do you feel we are? What school do you want to work in? What school do you want your own children to go to? Then they crumpled the paper up in a ball and threw it, picked up another, threw it then opened up the 3rd one they got (so that these are anonymous). Then had staff physically form line graphs for each question depneding upon what the answer on their paper was. I've done this in two schools now and the response was basically the same...the majority went to the first school (not good), quite a bit felt our school was one of the first two (again not good),...kept moving on and almost all wanted the fourth school for their own children. It was a great visual to see what all staff wanted our school to be. Now if you haven't read the book and don't know what I'm talking about, then I'll have to get the pages scanned for you. -by J.Johnson