{"id":7159,"date":"2024-05-01T09:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2024-05-01T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T18:08:44","slug":"who-does-that-global-diary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=7159","title":{"rendered":"Who Does That? Global Diary #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI\u2019m tired, but it\u2019s a good kind of tired.\u201d<\/p>– David letterman<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<- Read previous entry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

24 hours after arriving in Australia from India, the learning adventures all started again. I\u2019m spending the next two weeks in residency at a rapidly growing school in the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia. Westbourne Grammar School<\/a> is growing rapidly, winning awards, and gaining quite a reputation for innovation. Westbourne\u2019s dynamic and wise principal, Adrian Camm, and I have worked together in other schools, but not with this level of intensity. I love being embedded in a school, rather than delivering a PowerPoint presentation and calling a cab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the most significant work in my career included working consistently in the Scarsdale Public Schools in the late 80s, in Australian schools inventing 1:1 computing in the early 90s, in our prison project 25 years ago, and most recently as the special assistant to the head of school in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing brings me greater satisfaction than having an entire school as a canvas to paint on. Schools are complex organisms. One cannot change a single variable and expect progress. Alchemy is required. Listening, collaboration, modeling, advising, and doing<\/em> are critical. No Post-It! Notes will be harmed in any of my activities. This work is about authentic action, not rhetoric. 

Since one cannot possibly choose from they haven\u2019t experienced, I will be creating new educational experiences for children, teachers, and families. I am confident that when teachers or parents see possibilities through the eyes, hands, and screens of their children, they become agents of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m terribly excited to embark on amazing feats of strength and daring do at Westbourne Grammar. Just look at the schedule they have lined up for me. Who does that? Teach 240 middle school kids you never met before for six straight hours? No problem. Family workshop, curriculum development, AI, 3rd<\/sup> grade, high school, parents, teachers, IT, administration? No sweat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that the most effective professional learning for teachers is in their classrooms with their students. This is why I mentor teachers by having them observe me leading their students in unusual learning adventures. It allows teachers to examine their own teaching through the lens of experiencing something quite different.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

Interested in bringing Dr. Stager to your school for a residency, workshop, or keynote address?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email Gary Stager<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Take a peek at my \u201cformal\u201d ten-day schedule. One day, I will spend teaching 240 8th<\/sup> graders for an entire day and then do so again with just a few less 7th<\/sup> graders? Today, I\u2019ll spend half a day teaching the entire 3rd<\/sup> grade programming, geometry, and design. One day will feature a hands-on workshop with students from grades 3-6 working collaboratively. Who else would eagerly agree to perform such amazing feats of strength?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Week One Residency Schedule<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My work is based on a few principles developed over decades of collaboration in schools around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n