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Not Just in VA

Posted on April 8, 2013 by paulaklonowski | Permalink 0

I read this article yesterday.  http://bit.ly/17mP8jr I assume it is an “official” letter, but it could very well be made up.  Regardless, the intent is to share and portray some of the challenges teachers face today.  It stuck with me because I often hear VA teachers complain about the SOL and how the SOL have [...]
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Inspiration

Posted on January 25, 2013 by paulaklonowski | Permalink 0

At our ITTIP STEM Summit at Longwood on Thursday, one of the speakers was a junior from Maggie Walker Governor School, Samantha Marquez.  This girl was amazing.  At 16 she already has patents in her name for some very advanced biological inventions (you can read more about those and her here).  She started the work [...]
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Thoughts from a Conference

Posted on March 31, 2012 by paulaklonowski | Permalink 0

I have been at the National Science Teacher Association (NSTA) national conference for the past three days.  I have attended many sessions, learned about some new technologies, seen a preview of the “Next Generation Science Standards,” and walked rows and rows of exhibitors.  Everyone here has an interest in science and it is refreshing to [...]
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SB 185 SOL Assessments; Board of Education to require only math and English for third graders

Posted on February 15, 2012 by paulaklonowski | Permalink 0

SB 185 was introduced to eliminate the history and science tests at grade three.  Actually, the initial wording was to eliminate the SOL in these subject areas for grade three. It was then amended to be the SOL tests, not the SOL.  While the importance of language arts and mathematics can not be denied at [...]
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What is Right?

Posted on January 25, 2012 by paulaklonowski | Permalink 0

In my view, this phrase means that Penn State will do what the law requires in a disciplinary situation, but also what is morally right.  My reaction to this statement initially is that it is a good policy, because why wouldn’t you do what is right in a situation? However, you have to look at [...]
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Position Paper

Posted on November 11, 2011 by paulaklonowski | Permalink 2

Writing the position paper was the most difficult paper for me to write so far for our class.  I am not very good at arbitrarily choosing a position and then defending that position. By nature, I am not a very confrontational person. I will definitely share my opinion on a subject and if someone has [...]
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Writing

Posted on October 28, 2011 by paulaklonowski | Permalink 0

Our last assignment for 715 was to identify an adaptive challenge in our current work situation and the leadership strategy to address this challenge. I found this assignment to be much easier than the papers that dealt with analyzing and comparing our learning styles.  I prefer to write about topics that are concrete and ones [...]
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The Writing Class

Posted on October 14, 2011 by paulaklonowski | Permalink 0

Tomorrow is our second Saturday writing class. I am pleased with the score I received on our first writing assignment but do have some room for improvement. Especially with commas.  I like to use them way too much. In fact, I am having some stress over the second sentence up there and whether it needs [...]
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E-portfolio

Posted on June 9, 2011 by paulaklonowski | Permalink Comments Off

Thank you for visiting my blog site. This site is being developed for my Ed.D. in Leadership course and will be my e-portfolio for the next three years.
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