Author Archives: mwallaceonline

Since our first class on June 2nd, I have been attentive to practice “active listening” while at work.  Although I would like to think of myself as an active listener 100% of the time, I find that I actually get distracted a lot during work and therefore I find myself trying to multitask–listening to those [...]
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As I prepare for the Formative Assessment, many things come to mind from our first class meeting until now.  We all began together in the summer with some “getting to know you” activities with all three cohorts.  We took the MBTI and the LCI and found out “who we are” and who our peers are.  We [...] Read more »

Over the last couple of months, our office has been hot and heavy with making budget decisions.  Budget time always brings about speculations and rumors… typically dealing with personnel issues.  The biggest issue that most divisions face in regard to personnel decisions is the RIF (Reduction in Force) policy.  Our policy is written so that [...] Read more »

HB 642/ SB 514 will allow the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation rating to add points for each student obtaining a diploma and industry certification, industry pathway certification, or an occupational competency credential in a career and technical education program.  The additional points will only [...] Read more »

I have not followed this story as closely as some of my colleagues probably have.  I recall when it first happened, the topic came up in class as it applied to our discussions on the four frames.  I had to go home and research the topic.  Since the story was all over the sports media broadcasts, [...] Read more »

In November 2011, I attended the Office of Migrant Education National Conference in Nashville.  During this time, I was also working on one of my final assignments for the Fall semester.  As I mentally prepared for the assignment while I was touring Nashville during free time from the conference, I could not help the natural [...] Read more »

If you have a moment (and your topic for the recent assignment was Framing the Ubiquity of Technology in Education), you will enjoy this little twist on an old favorite that those of us with children have probably read many nights. I remember after reading the book Goodnight Moon to my children, I then had [...] Read more »

As I reflect on the last class, I actually am reflecting how I have grown as a writer, how all of us as grown to appreciate good writing, and how our group has connected through our writing. I have grown to appreciate the time and effort put into writing a solid thesis and then supporting [...] Read more »