tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999978481789385300.post4142330661457583979..comments2013-12-11T20:51:54.588-08:00Comments on Keane Insights: Educational Oursourcingdkeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08835760937412583526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999978481789385300.post-3847455730913579652010-08-13T18:06:39.646-07:002010-08-13T18:06:39.646-07:00I do feel that is all the little things that are d...I do feel that is all the little things that are done in education and as administrators and teachers that make the biggest marks and are noticed by students, staff, parents, and community. With that I will say that it is all the little things that are not done in the job of education that are probably noticed even more. I have been reading a book called "The Upside of Irrationality" by Dan Ariely. It discusses the idea of breaking through our negative patterns of thought (entitlement for example) and behavior to make better decisions. What does this have to do with outsourcing? Outsourcing will eventually bring a huge shift in the education of secondary level education. I believe that educational outsourcing could flip into insourcing with a different view and mind set.Kastendieckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371152262652695976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999978481789385300.post-51639095908568436242010-02-25T19:00:03.157-08:002010-02-25T19:00:03.157-08:00I had to laugh about the paper thing. I am constan...I had to laugh about the paper thing. I am constantly stooping to pick up stuff off of the floor in our school. When people enter our school, I want them to be impressed. I also think that when people see the principal doing the little things like that they might join in as well. <br />I would agree that there are times in everyone's career where it is difficult to give all of the extras, but I think it is your duty to try to give all you can each day. We are in a profession where anything but your best can impact a child's life forever.dkeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835760937412583526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999978481789385300.post-49100533838896632252010-02-23T18:58:51.009-08:002010-02-23T18:58:51.009-08:00Great conversation... In a society of excess entit...Great conversation... In a society of excess entitlement is a huge cancer. The teaching profession suffers from this disease along with society...but there will always be the few who refuse and go the extra mile without compensation but reqardless of it. I wish there was an easy way to find these professionals and perhaps learn now to identify them in an interview. Some ideas... place a piece of paper in the hall and as you walk through the building see who picks it up and throws it away... I don't think it takes 20 years to see an entitled personality I think it shows up in two years of work. There is also times in a professionals life when giving all the extras is not possible. Support and a great example is important in this instance. I also feel that team building in coaching is the most important aspect for a winning team especially when the team is a group of teachers. So trying to be positive ...creating and environment where doing more is the norm and where everyone is entitled to do more is what the ultimate goal of teaching and education. That is what I want to be a part of and I feel am apart of. Thanks to the example of an administrtor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6999978481789385300.post-26415695008320904152010-02-20T15:41:25.319-08:002010-02-20T15:41:25.319-08:00My frustration would parallel yours in terms of th...My frustration would parallel yours in terms of the equal pay for unequal output and those that abuse the system. It does seem to me from the schools I have worked with(and it has been consistently the same) that those that arrive exactly on time and depart on time without doing anything extra along the way are also those that complain the loudest when they are asked to contribute in other manners as well. Many areas of government right now are talking furlogh days, but the clock punchers are those that would fight that the hardest - or a freeze to the salary, or extra duties, or a change to schedule, or new requirements for updating curriculum, etc. These individuals clearly do feel entitled to show up late, leave early and use the same worksheets that they used to get them 20+ years of tenure in the first place. Now that they have arrived at the summit, why do anything even remotely different? Plus, I hear a little voice in their head..."I'll probably slack off a little bit too - done my time in the past, now someone else should do it for me."Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058238550014331732noreply@blogger.com