Comments on: Layer Upon Layer http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2009/02/06/layer-upon-layer/ Reflections on Learning 70:20:10 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:04:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Tony Searl http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2009/02/06/layer-upon-layer/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Tony Searl Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:18:08 +0000 http://tsearl.edublogs.org/?p=241#comment-203 Troy I am more than willing to support others, especailly innovators moving learning forward. Tack ons that have been layered on top as "meritocracy ladders" do what you suggest, fall over, but in our place the current list is embedded and only requires an annual tune up for optimal performance. I suppose the real proof will be when those individuals charged with responsibility to run them retire, will they be sustained? Obviously not in all specialist skill areas, but the new breed need to incrementally improve without throwing out the baby or imposing "new" layers on top for ulterior motives of self promotion. Heightened and explicit personal responsibility is a 2020 goal statement and is a valid one for all, it applies as a fundamental core value and really reflects where society is heading. I want it to work, I just need it visualised so I can unload the dirty water. Troy
I am more than willing to support others, especailly innovators moving learning forward.

Tack ons that have been layered on top as “meritocracy ladders” do what you suggest, fall over, but in our place the current list is embedded and only requires an annual tune up for optimal performance.

I suppose the real proof will be when those individuals charged with responsibility to run them retire, will they be sustained?

Obviously not in all specialist skill areas, but the new breed need to incrementally improve without throwing out the baby or imposing “new” layers on top for ulterior motives of self promotion.

Heightened and explicit personal responsibility is a 2020 goal statement and is a valid one for all, it applies as a fundamental core value and really reflects where society is heading. I want it to work, I just need it visualised so I can unload the dirty water.

]]> By: Troy http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2009/02/06/layer-upon-layer/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Troy Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:13:54 +0000 http://tsearl.edublogs.org/?p=241#comment-202 And all those layers, if the school doesn't have a well oiled pr or spin master, can get lost. Those layers of support are at risk of falling over if staff feel as if they have been imposed, rather than created by staff. With the ageing population of teachers I can a problem with transistion of such layers into the hands of the next generation of teachers. SMS - student merit scheme - I am interested in this idea. I am still haunted my a colleague annoucing we don't need a merit or reward scheme because 'we' didn't have one when we were at school and why should 'we' reward behaviour or success that is just 'normal'. Ideally, learning is the reward and I guess a merit system represents the capitalist and consumerist society we live within... And all those layers, if the school doesn’t have a well oiled pr or spin master, can get lost. Those layers of support are at risk of falling over if staff feel as if they have been imposed, rather than created by staff. With the ageing population of teachers I can a problem with transistion of such layers into the hands of the next generation of teachers.

SMS – student merit scheme – I am interested in this idea. I am still haunted my a colleague annoucing we don’t need a merit or reward scheme because ‘we’ didn’t have one when we were at school and why should ‘we’ reward behaviour or success that is just ‘normal’.
Ideally, learning is the reward and I guess a merit system represents the capitalist and consumerist society we live within…

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