End of Year Analysis of Self – Teacher/Leader

The most important thing about the EOY is that students see the period work as academically important. The weeks or days left in the school year after the state test shouldn’t be wasted. There are valuable types of student work that can be included that can continue the work of building the student as learner and performer.

Teachers also need to bring closure to their year, and this needs to involve work beyond emptying the trash can and locking the door. An important task is to do assessments of self and of the students that
were in class this year.

Another form of self-assessment involves analysis of self as teacher/leader of learners:

– excerpt from Turning Around Turnaround Schools, Volume 2 – Embracing the Rhythm of the Learner Year

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Frank Desensi

Frank DeSensi is the founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Educational Directions, LLC. which consults with schools and school districts in the southeastern and mid-western United States. A retired educator, Frank spent 35 years in a variety of teaching and administrative positions. He taught at the university, college, secondary, and middle-school levels; worked in the central office as a curriculum specialist; and held both principal and assistant principal positions. From 1993 to 1998, Frank served as a Kentucky Distinguished Educator, helping to turn around schools that were labeled in decline or in crisis under the provisions of the Kentucky Education Reform Act. Frank helped develop the STAR training program for new DE’s and served as a trainer in the Kentucky Leadership Academy. He jointly holds patents for three data-management systems for schools.

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