Sep 29, 2007

Authority and power

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A certain meeting in the State’s capital made me think about power. How come people who are incompetent also inevitable feel the need to exe...
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Sep 21, 2007

Going with the flow: On the horizontal transparency

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The Dean is asking for goals again. He needs to know what our goals are for the year. I chatted with Mark, my fellow School director yester...
Sep 14, 2007

On-line is on the line

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We had an interesting, productive discussion on the on-line offerings. I was arguing that we should move rapidly towards acquiring expertis...
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Sep 7, 2007

Playing the “you”

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I often tell future teachers that their bodies and selves are the most important instruments of our profession. Just like a violin player mu...
Sep 2, 2007

Switching gears

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It has been a difficult week. The regular beginning of the semester stuff (not enough sections, waiting lists, small classes, etc.) coincide...
Aug 25, 2007

The Organizational Drift

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Several contradictory experiences of the last week allowed me to see a pattern. I had a few frustrating moments trying to navigate through ...
Aug 17, 2007

Can you ever go home?

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My Russian in-law family, six of them, stayed with us for a while. We had a lot of fun, and some very good, very Russian conversations. A v...
Aug 3, 2007

Dances with Data

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Carolyn, our NCATE Queen, and I were dancing with and around data a lot. Our dependable work studies have been diligently punching in numbe...
Jul 27, 2007

Churchill and tenure

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Professor Ward Churchill was just dismissed from UC Boulder for plagiarism and fabrications. He claims the accusations are false, and he i...
Jul 20, 2007

Freud for teachers, amended

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It’s been very hot in Northern Colorado, and air-conditioning was, of course, scheduled to be repaired exactly at the same time. Not in Marc...
Jul 15, 2007

Weddings, rituals, and memories

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OK, these are the threads I need to tie together: being back from vacation, my daughter’s wedding, and one year on this job. Too much for on...
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Jun 15, 2007

Curriculum and communiction

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My colleagues are awesome teachers. Out entire School’s student evaluations average 4.14 on a 5 point scale. If you take out a couple of pro...
Jun 8, 2007

Shift Left

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I have spent a significant part of this week working on computer. Last Summer, as soon as I came aboard, a problem presented itself: the tea...
Jun 1, 2007

The 90/10 rule

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The data technology revolution is here. Because we live in the midst of it, it is hard to see the magnitude of the changes we experience. Ma...
May 25, 2007

The cost of fairness

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It’s Friday before the Memorial Day weekend. Absolutely no one will read this, I hope. People should be enjoying the summer weather, resting...
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May 17, 2007

What is most important

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When I talk to one of our students, I often imagine hundreds of children behind the student’s back, looking at me from some distance, expect...
May 11, 2007

Zeno, Buddha and Program Development

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It is the end of the school year, when bodies rebel against indoor confinement, when final exams are nervously taken and mostly passed, and ...
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May 4, 2007

What makes me angry

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I rarely get angry on the job. Other people’s and my own errors don’t bother me much; I find the institutional quirks amusing and generally ...