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Great Professional
Development Quotes
"CHANGE THAT EMANATES FROM TEACHERS LASTS UNTIL
THEY FIND A BETTER WAY."
Roland Barth- Improving Schools From Within
"The Gate of Change is Locked on the INSIDE." - Margaret
Ferguson
"NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP
OF THOUGHTFUL, COMMITTED PEOPLE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD, INDEED, IT IS
THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS!" - Margaret Meade
WE ALL ARE "MIDWIVES" TO OUR OWN REALITY. - (unknown author)
"IT IS ONLY OUT ON THE LIMB...WHERE THE FRUIT
GROWS." - (unknown author)
"You must
do the things you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt
This job is a test. It is only a test. If this had been a real job
you would have had:
- Recognition for good
work
- Pay commensurate with your expertise
& results
- Promotions to greater responsibilities.
- (unknown author)
THE FIVE COMMANDMENTS OF EFFECTIVE STAFF DEVELOPMENT
1. THOU SHALT BE A VISIBLE LEARNER
2. THOU SHALT
TREAT ALL INDIVIDUALS INDIVIDUALLY
3. THOU SHALT
FIND YOUR OWN VOICE
4. THOU SHALT SEE THINGS AS THEY
OUGHT TO BE
5. THOU SHALT MODEL THE MODEL - (unknown
author)
ADOPTING A MISSION...
DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE KNOW HOW TO ACHIEVE THE MISSION. IF THAT WERE
TRUE WE WOULD DO IT TODAY.
ADOPTING A MISSION DOES MEAN...
THAT WE WILL DEDICATE OURSELVES TO LEARNING HOW TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION
THAT WE WILL USE THE MISSION TO DRIVE ALL OTHER IMPROVEMENT DECISIONS
THAT WE WILL USE THE MISSION TO FOCUS OUR ENERGY, TALENT AND RESOURCES.
By Barry Sweeny
"THE ENERGY FOR INTERNAL
SCHOOL RENEWAL COMES FROM THE DISCREPANCY THAT MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY FEEL BETWEEN WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR
SCHOOL TO BE.
CONSENSUS ON THE SCHOOL'S MISSION, THEREFORE, IS CRITICAL TO THE LONG
TERM SUCCESS OF THE PROCESS".
-LARRY LEZOTTE
Life is like a band. We need not all play the same part, but, we MUST
all play in harmony. - (unknown author)
"WOULD
YOU TELL ME PLEASE, WHICH WAY I OUGHT TO GO?", SAID ALICE.
"THAT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU WANT TO GET TO," SAID THE CAT.
"I DON'T MUCH CARE WHERE-", SAID ALICE.
"THEN IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHICH WAY YOU GO," SAID THE CAT.
"-SO
LONG AS I GET SOMEWHERE.", SAID ALICE
"OH, YOU'RE SURE
TO DO THAT," SAID THE CAT, "IF YOU ONLY KEEP WALKING."
-Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
"People
can be encouraged to change, but if the structure of the system in
which the individuals work does not support them or allow enough flexibility,
improvement efforts will fail.
Similarly, if the organization's governance, policies, structures,
time frames, and resource allocation are changed but the individuals
within the organization do not have opportunities to learn how to
work within the new system, the improvement effort will fail."
- Todnem & Warner (1994)
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT... REQUIRES A PLANNED APPROACH TO CHANGE
BASED ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE PEOPLE AND THE ORGANIZATION".
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