Educational Links 6/8/17

Why art?! We’ll tell you why. And, we can prove it.

http://blog.americansforthearts.org/2017/06/07/why-art-we%E2%80%99ll-tell-you-why-and-we-can-prove-it

Teachers' training needs improvement so students benefit, new report says

https://edsource.org/2017/teachers-training-needs-improvement-so-students-benefit-new-report-says/583028

Light a Fuse: How One State’s Teachers Are Sparking Digital Innovation 

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/06/07/light-a-fuse-how-one-states-teachers-are-sparking-digital-innovation/

How Trauma Affects Kids in School

https://childmind.org/article/how-trauma-affects-kids-school/

To Measure the Arts, Think Outside the Box

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/06/07/to-measure-the-arts-think-outside-the.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

I Noticed & I Wondered

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/student-to-student-feedback-nea

'Too often, headteachers don't practice what they preach'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/too-often-headteachers-dont-practise-what-they-preach

How often do we meet school leaders who fail to practice what they preach? Who talk about the value of lifelong learning yet demonstrate a fixed mindset; who talk about outstanding teaching yet rarely teach themselves?

I believe strongly that it is up to the headteacher to promote and model the core values and beliefs of a school. It is my assertion that the headteacher of a school should in fact be seen as the lead learner, responsible for establishing the conditions in a school that enable the continuous learning of all pupils and all staff.