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Personalization With Tony & Monte

July 17, 2007 | 1 Comment

We’re in the evening session of Personalization with Monte Selby and Tony Limoges. The great thing that these guys do is model personalization of instruction in the workshop. For example, Monte is asking the participants what they’re looking for in the next two days. He says to the participants, “we want this to be the conference [...]

Jul

17

Broadening the Scope of What is Possible

July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“Broadening the Scope of What Is Possible” is the theme of this years High Schools New Face, an ambitious endeavor put together by the Joint Management Team, a cooperative effort of four area BOCES. I’m at the opening session for the approximately 300 educators from 48 different high schools in the room. We are listening to [...]

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Opening Day Leadership Cohort at HSNF

July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I’m blogging all week from the High Schools New Face conference in Ellicottville, New York.
This morning we’re in the Leadership Strand with facilitators Bonnie Smith and Neil Rochelle. Bonnie and Neil are charged with the task of working with administrators and identified school leaders from Erie 1, Erie 2, Cattaraugus/Allegany, and Niagara Orleans BOCES. One [...]