Induction Connections

Support Criteria

Published on 2010-05-03 15:03:00

Would you take psychiatry advice from a trained & certified psychiatrist who has not treated patients for over 10 years? Would you take medical advice from a trained & certified doctor who has not treated patients for over 10 years? Would you take automobile maintenance advice from a trained & certified auto mechanic who has not fixed a car in 10 years?Would you take educational advice from a trained & certified educator who has not working in a classroom in 10 years?

Assessment and Accountability

Published on 2010-04-15 21:24:00

When entering the emergency room there is an expectation that regardless of the doctor that takes your case you will be serviced with the same high quality of care. Either Doctor Alpha, Doctor Beta, Doctor Gamma, Doctor Delta, or Doctor Epsilon will provide you will the necessary treatment in the best of his/her ability. You have an expectation that regardless of the luck of the rotation or scheduling these doctors share the same knowledge, skills, attitudes, aspirations, and behaviors that will

Undercover Boss

Published on 2010-03-02 19:40:00

My jury is still out when it comes to reality programming. It’s the reality part that I find disturbing, just how real is 38 minutes of programming extracted from 100 hours of recorded footage? Yet I like the message of Undercover Boss, a CEO goes undercover in his/her own organization to work the front line to determine areas of success and areas that need improvement. While I manage to sit through the extended commercial and contrived drama I am moved by the thought of reducing the distanc

Leaving for a Payoff

Published on 2009-12-10 19:43:00

While sitting through a focus group regarding salary for educators I found my mind wandering toward the similarities and differences with the pro sports industry and Florida’s A+ incentive pay.When it comes to team sports pro athletes play each game to add another victory to the win column, each providing a closer step to the playoffs and a championship. Prestige follows each success as well as monetary incentives; both welcomed yet only one pays the bills, provides for the family, and secures

Teaching on Scrubs

Published on 2009-12-01 21:05:00

The unexpected return of Scrubs on ABC (yeah who knew) brought our doctors into a new yet familiar environment. The past few years provided a glimpse of Newbies developing into accomplished doctors; this season takes the staff into the new role of teachers at a med school. Before the first day is over JD is already questioning his ability to connect to his students. Perhaps his reflective nature is his strength that has carried him though his career and eventually brought him to the role as an e

A Principal made my day

Published on 2009-11-01 15:34:00

Last week I taught OES children how to use Microsoft Word and Wordle. At the end of the week I recorded a few of their comments on the process and published them to our school's audio podcast. My principal was received the following message. Speaks for itself... and made my day.Principal Reardon,Greeting from Jacksonville, NC. I just wanted to send a word of praise for your Twitter site and a podcast I just listened to regarding Wordle.net. It looks like you and your students are really taking a

Data for direction

Published on 2009-10-13 20:17:00

The Dolphins’ 31-27 win adds another digit in the W column making the Week 5 benchmark at 2-3. As a coach, where do you from here? Data driven decisions are important, yet which data actually can lead to an improvement plan? Especially when coming off a win, it is important to escape the feeling of “it’s not broke, so why fix?” While numbers are everywhere, 2-3 or 31-27 hardly provides the direction we need for improvement. To give you an idea of the range of data, below is a smidgen p

New Team Leader

Published on 2009-10-04 19:31:00

For just over a year the team turned to Chad Pennington as their quarterback and as the team leader. Now with an injury ending Pennington’s season and possibly his career, Chad Henne stepped in to the role of Dolphins’ new quarterback. The key to the team’s success over the Bills has two distinct parts: 1) the comfort that Henne showed behind center and 2) the performance of the rest of the team. Before being asked to lead the team, he was provided a year to learn, to practice, to fail a

Team member in need

Published on 2009-09-28 13:27:00

The agents of the NCIS team wake up every day to go to work. A task that hundreds, thousands, millions do each day. While the nature of their job places them at risk, how many employees would sacrifice their life for a team member? For us it’s only a question of student coverage; a far stretch from a life threatening circumstance. In this year’s season premier of NCIS we saw something different.Each week we get a glimpse on how Special Agent Gibbs develops his team, some weeks are better t

A Transition

Published on 2009-09-08 15:57:00

What started as a “Promise” to his teammates to step up his own game, Tim Tebow’s commitment to his teammates and fans has created a culture of high expectations. During the first minutes of the game, the ESPN announcers commented on the attitude of the younger players. ”The wide receivers are sick and tired if being referred to as the team’s big “?”. They are looking to step up and show that they are ready to fill in the vacant positions.”After the loss to Ole Miss, the focus wa