An Open Invitation

Dear Friends, 

Something that I have preached about and practiced myself is the need to be a life long learner. I think when we talk about educational change and growth creating a culture in our schools of life long learners is second to none. This means we all need to be learning; administrators , teachers and of course our students. To create a school culture one needs  to begin with the school leaders. We are all school leaders and therefore I am reaching out to all of you. 

Today with social media and the Internet professional development is 24/7/365 and I think that is great. However we need to raise the bar and as was mentioned at a recent EDUVUE hang out we need to look at it as professional learning.  If we view it as learning it needs to be teacher driven and owned, differentiated, personalized, and ongoing. 

That needs a more personal touch and can't be accomplished by "drive by " PD. 

Star Educational Consulting offers that personal connected touch to help schools shine. Please check out the website and email or call me about some introductory offers. 

Wishing you all a Great Day!

Akevy 

www.star-educational-consulting.com

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A NEW VENTURE

As I get ready for Yom Kippur the holiest day of the Jewish Year I find myself in new and uncharted waters for the first time in over 20 years in education.
My passion for learning and helping others is still strong and our children deserve the very best , and I believe our teachers and administrators want to do the very best  and are dedicated to doing so. Today the opportunities for professional development are all over and can be accessed 24/7. However I believe that PD needs to be owned and driven by the teacher and be tailor  made to help that individual  teacher succeed. What works for one teacher may not work for another. This type of learning needs to be ongoing and not just during professional development days. Earlier this week I attended a google hangout about PD and Jamie Vandergrift coined the phrase professional learning as opposed to development. I like this distinction because since we strive to be life long learners this implies that our professional growth and learning needs to be ongoing and not just every few months.
With this passion and feeling I am beginning a new venture and have created Star Educational Consulting.

I look forward to working with you and learning and growing with you so that we help our students and schools shine.

Akevy