Professional Development

Principles of Persuasion

Joan Burge | Posted 05.31.2012

Joan Burge

You have to really believe that you are worth investing in and that you and your executive will both win big with this investment. But, there has to be a return on the investment made in an employee. The guidelines below will help you to sell the seminar or conference to your executive.

Optimizing Your Talents for Future Success

Joan Burge | Posted 05.16.2012

Joan Burge

Optimization means to enhance the effectiveness of something; to make something function at its best. Optimization is like having your skills and atti...

Moving Beyond the Value-Added Debate: A Teacher's Take

Teach Plus | Posted 04.04.2012

Teach Plus

Unlike in the business world, where trade secrets, patents, and original ideas can mean the difference between profitable enterprises and those that fail, teachers around the country need to share our best practices.

Share Your User Manual

Aaron Hurst | Posted 03.05.2012

Aaron Hurst

As we kick off the New Year, sharing your user manual is a great way to both self-reflect and create a valuable tool to help you and your team start out on the right foot.

You Are Not Broken

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 02.25.2012

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

There is a pervasive cultural phenomenon telling you how to improve upon your weaknesses and fix what you are not so good at. I'm here to tell you that you are not broken!

Small Businesses Key to Recovery: Walsh

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 02.17.2012

Reporters Uncensored

By Maura Kelly Mayor Bloomberg has stated many times that small businesses are the chief engine of growth in New York City. However convincing entrep...

It's Who You Know

Brian Harke Ed.D. | Posted 01.31.2012

Brian Harke Ed.D.

Sure, to be successful you need to have the talent the job requires, but talent alone won't get you the job. You need to know the right people.

Is Self-Help Really Helpful?

Posted 12.20.2011

By Emily Sicard | The Daily Muse Taking a skills survey for work recently, I came to one question that gave me pause. I was to rank how this statem...

How to Build a Personal Board of Directors

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 12.08.2011

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

The mentor relationship is powerful and valuable, so cultivate it wisely and be mindful of how you can help others and continue the circle of wisdom by becoming a mentor yourself.

Inside Lies Magic: Investing Time in June for Planning for Next Year

Meg Campbell | Posted 09.06.2011

Meg Campbell

Finland's public education system is enjoying a great deal of attention these days. One characteristic worth emulating is how much time they give teachers to plan and work together.

Convene Your Career Board of Directors

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 07.25.2011

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

It's no secret that a mentor can be a terrific resource as you navigate your career path. Why get stressed about growing, managing or navigating your career path alone when you can utilize the wisdom of others?

Professional Development Means Developing as a Professional

Michael N. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael N. Smith

Curriculum, special education, and technology are constantly changing. In 2011, we need teachers and administrators to change with them.

Dear President Obama: Save the National Writing Project

Heather Wolpert-Gawron | Posted 05.25.2011

Heather Wolpert-Gawron

Every summer, in many cities in the United States, small cohorts of teachers, representing every grade level from Pre-K through college, gather to learn from the best educators in the world.

What Drives Successful Professional Development?

JD Hoye | Posted 05.25.2011

JD Hoye

Recently our nearly 500 career academies each completed their own self-evaluation.

New University to Rise in Haiti as Higher Education There In Collapse

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

The long-awaited post‐earthquake assessment of higher education institutions in the Port‐au‐Prince metropolitan area by the respected Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED) has been released.

Private Initiative Marshall Plan Launches for the New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

I have been working in Haiti since Christmas 1999. That New Year's Eve I hired my first staff -- my first local partner -- with a handshake at the Ol...

Top 10 Ways to Improve Student Achievement and Create Learners

Pam Lowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Pam Lowe

Over the course of my educational experience I've collected a list of criteria that I believe create an atmosphere ripe for improving student achievement. Here I will call it: Top 10 Ways to Improve Student Achievement and Create Learners.

Join Us in Integrated Approach to Build The New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

Léogâne, Haiti. I am perhaps the most excited I have been in my entire life as I prepare to move to Haiti next month. Ten months after the earthqu...

How a Coach Can Distinguish You in the Workplace

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 05.25.2011

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

Having a personal career coach for C-level executives is expected as part of their continuing professional development and it also makes great busines...

What's Inside YOUR Shoebox? Facing History...and Ourselves.

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.17.2011

Tom Alderman

When all is said and done, the Facing History concept is quite simple: explore historical injustices to teach tolerance, understanding and participation.

Fellowship for the Ultimate Un-Conference

Saul Garlick | Posted 05.25.2011

Saul Garlick

The Cordes Foundation is teaming up with Opportunity Collaboration to provide 50 fellowships to students around the world to attend the five day conference with leaders in the social enterprise arena.

Does What They Think About You Hold You Back?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.17.2011

Marshall Goldsmith

As a professional who relies on feedback as a tool for helping people change for the better, I would never disparage the value of it; however, I feel obligated to note that not all feedback is offered in good faith or in the most forgiving spirit!

Educating for Democracy: A Teacher Speaks

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011

Joel Shatzky

This column will give a voice to one of the many excellent teachers in the New York City school system, an elementary school veteran and a devoted teacher.