Few teachers can empower students to sharpen their leadership skills on a daily basis. Empowerment requires the vision to see potential in students and the courage to give them authentic opportunities to grow and test themselves. I recently had the pleasure of witnessing just such a teacher in action and I even got a chance to see how technology is helping her students in a myriad of ways. Brady Jaime was conducting an interview with a student candidate for a dance team leadership position when I visited her. It was clear through her questioning that she knew what she was looking for. A student that; genuinely cared for their classmates, was diligent, respected and not afraid to do what was right in the face of criticism. The student possessed the skills in question and it became apparent that Mrs. Jaime had been watching all of her students mindfully to determine who would be the best fit. She had selected the interviewee based on classroom observations of her over time. She mentioned that she learns the most in the moments that students didn't realize she was watching. I then had the pleasure of seeing Mrs. Jaime's use of her iPad in her Dance class. Students were filmed in whole and small groups and she said the footage would later be critiqued by her and her students. She mentioned the power of using peer assessment to improve individual performance through reflection. It was exciting to see the support that an iPad was providing to her formative assessment methods was leading to a paradigm shift in her classroom. Students could see themselves immediately after their dance or even realtime as the recording is happening on the tv screens in her room. As a former coach I can relate to Mrs. Brady when she said that she can tell her students they need to change something to improve, but the student thinks they are doing it right and as result they do not change. With an iPad Mrs. Jaime can show her students on the spot an example of a students doing a dance correctly compared to how they were dancing a few minutes ago.
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AuthorsDemi, John Stevens, John Corrow, and Paula are excited to visit classrooms and meet with teachers to see some of the awesome things that are going on within CJUHSD. Archives
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