Reflection in Learning

The first day of our week for preparing new coaches to bring the powerful work of CFGs to their buildings has come to a close. It never ceases to amaze me how challenging and revealing it is to make the importance of creating a learning community so provocative. My experience that I have yet to participate in a CFG based conversation that has not forced me to confront, identify and articulate my beliefs is a testament to how important it is to truly believe in doing good work with good people for a good cause. No matter how open-minded or skeptical participants are about making CFGs happen in their school, our conversations are rich and thought provoking. The insights are deep and the co-construction of understanding salient. Transparent facilitation has been essential. A flexible view of our agenda has been critical. Continuously being mindful of how important it is to establish coherence among the core beliefs, the "practice" CFG and application is central to fosterin

I am beginning the adventure of taking may work public over the internet. This week marks the advent of a professional website that enables me to interconnect all the facets of my work as an educator - teaching, learning, facilitative coaching and constant self-reflection to improve the services I provide to my students, colleagues and friends... this blog is my attempt to nurture a public domain for constant conversation about our work. Here goes...