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Archives for March 2013

Educational Utopia?

By Randy Ziegenfuss

Isn’t this the kind of learner we want students to become? Isn’t this what will transfer to the real world? If so, why don’t we do more of this? What are the barriers that exist? How would students in your school respond to this kind of school structure? Make 15 minutes of time to watch […]

Filed Under: Learning

Advocating for the Internet and Social Media

By Randy Ziegenfuss

Advocating for the Internet and Social Media

As I’m catching up on some interesting finds on the internet this weekend, I stumbled onto a few posts that seemed to connect around this idea of advocating for the use of the Internet and social media. In the first post, Mimi Ito shares What Teens Get About the Internet That Parents Don’t. The title […]

Filed Under: Learning, Teaching

Servant Leadership and State Department’s of Education

By Randy Ziegenfuss

Servant Leadership and State Department’s of Education

This past week I had an encounter with the concept of servant leadership. In a PIL course, ironically, delivered through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the presenters shared the 10 characteristics of a servant leader for us to ponder. (Click through to learn more specifically how each characteristic is defined.) Listening Empathy Healing Awareness Persuasion […]

Filed Under: Leadership

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About Working At The Edge:

My name is Randy Ziegenfuss, and I'm a retired public school superintendent and a life-long educator with over 34 years experience developing a passion for teaching, learning, leadership and technology. <read more...>

I first came across the phrase working at the edge while learning about the work of Marzano, et al. School Leadership That Works: From Research to Results. In this work, the researchers define 21 responsibilities of the school leader, one being change agent. A change agent is defined as one who is, "...willing to challenge school practices that have been in place for a long time and promoting the value of working at the edge of one's competence."

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