Four Lists of Interest

Getting ready for the new school year, I came across a few nice lists for teachers.
Teachers (and teachers-to-be) are awesome! They are:

• A unique type of leader,
• Engaging students' minds,
• Building understanding in their students, and
• Getting things done.

Lists

The Four I's of Teacher Leadership - Classroom teachers have many skills for making contributions. Here are some ideas on being a leader, while still remaining a classroom teacher. In particular, 4 questions to ask.

11 Rules for Engaging Students' Brains - A nice summary from brain-based learning research (source). For more see this Brain-Based Learning and Learning Theories page.

Six Facets of Understanding - on page 5 of a comprehensive paper (written by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggens) titled, "Improve Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction Using the Understanding by Design® [UbD] Framework." The whole paper is good but I was particularly interested in the six facets of understanding.

11 Things Gritty Leaders Do - Just get dirty and do the work. #GettingThingsDone (GTD)