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Post by Admin on Nov 20, 2013 19:56:35 GMT
Please provide a brief bio including current situation and significant past experiences to give other forum members a brief insight into what informs your perspective on the different aspects of this course.
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Post by gjohnson on Nov 20, 2013 20:06:32 GMT
My name is Greg Johnson and I am the instructor for this course. I worked for 26 years for the Bering Strait School District in northwest Alaska as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, Instructional Technology Coordinator and Director of Curriculum & Instruction. For years we had dismal results, high teacher turnover and saw no way to get better. We researched and researched what we might do to change that existing regularity and came upon standards-based education. Over the next 10 years we transformed our district into one which was non-graded and ungraded, our professional development flourished and was very focused and we reached the highest levels on standardized test scores and teacher turnover the district had ever seen.
I am married to another educator and we have 2 children aged 9 and 12. In 2010 we relocated to Montana. In addition to teaching this course I have continued to be involved in a variety of projects with multiple districts and spend as much time as I can in the wood shop.
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