What follows below is my archive of tweets from a staff in-service presentation that I had the pleasure of attending yesterday. The presentation was given by Dr. Willard Daggett of the International Center for Leadership in Education. He touched on a wide range of topics and his presentation was very thought-provoking. He gave us all food for thought, and I wanted to share them here. Of course, if you want to read these chronologically, start at the bottom with number 33. You don’t have to do that, though.
- Love the kids more than the discipline you teach and more than the adults you work with. #daggettabout 17 hours ago from txt
- Great presentation by Dr. Daggett! Lots of good things to think about! #daggettabout 17 hours ago from txt
- Increasingly kids are coming to school to watch their teachers work. #daggettabout 17 hours ago from txt
- Our schools have become museums. #daggettabout 17 hours ago from txt
- Every industrialized nation has changed the qwerty keyboard to be more efficient, except the US. #daggettabout 17 hours ago from txt
- Can you find a field that has been less impacted by technology than education? #daggettabout 17 hours ago from txt
- Showing Siftables ! Sweet! #daggettabout 17 hours ago from txt
- We are so into the institution of our past that we dont even know where we are. #daggettabout 17 hours ago from txt
- Within 3 yrs. there will be technology for computers in jewelry. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- Teachers – If you dont have a pda, u r pretending to teach in a world u dont know. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- Our schools are more like 1950 than unlike it. we are not preparing our students for the 21st century. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- The US has 5% of the worlds population but more debt than the rest of the world combined. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- Wal Mart is the US’s largest corporation…8 times the size of Microsoft. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- Two percent of the US gross domestic product is spent at Wal Mart. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- China has over 100 cities with 1 million or more people. The US has 9. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- India has 168 million pre-schoolers. That could be the 4th largest nation on earth. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- In America we are totally focussed on standardized testing as the outcome of our education system. #daggettabout 18 hours ago from txt
- Who pushes our school reform? Business & industry. #daggettabout 19 hours ago from txt
- All anchors & eligible content are not equally important. #daggettabout 19 hours ago from txt
- When whats best for students comes in conflict with whats convient whos winning? #daggettabout 19 hours ago from txt
- Highest performing schools have looping staff #daggettabout 19 hours ago from txt
- Most rapidly improving schools encourage participation in the arts. YES! #daggettabout 19 hours ago from txt
- Relevance makes rigor possible for most students. #daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- these schools have “rigor & relevance” #daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- Highest performing schools structure their instruction differently…. #daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- The US is no loger the sole superpower in the world. Our fiercest competitors in the next decade include Brazil Panama & indonesia #daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- …when our focus should be on application to real world situations…we have permitted tests to become end line #daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- We have an ed systen focussed on knowledge in one discipline and application in one discipline…about 20 hours ago from txt
- US schools graduated more 18 year olds last year than ever in our history #daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- What makes a school a highest performing school is not transferrable to other schools. #daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- How do u commit to excellence AND equity? #daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- “Preparing Students for the 21st Century” – Dr. Willard Daggettabout 20 hours ago from txt
- Going to live tweet some thoughts from preso by Dr. Willard Daggett @ staff in-service.
Confessions of a Band Director 
Thanks for passing these thoughts along! It brings us all back to the conversation “Band music was American culture in the 1800’s…why aren’t we teaching 21st Century American music via 21st Century methods?”
I like #1 the best. Too many music teachers (and I might put myself in this category) teach because we want to stay involved in music, not necessarily because we love kids or have a passion for teaching. Thanks for this list.
I’m glad I land on this page. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I caught myself smiling as I read the post. I love number one since I can really relate to it. I think many music teachers like me just do this profession out of my passion for music and not necessarily because I love to teach kids. That’s why I needed to find music teaching websites to help me acquire the drive and the motivation to pursue music teaching among children. And honestly, those pages help me a lot. Just in case, you may need additional inputs and some more useful music teaching tips, please free to check these pages to help you out. I’m telling you – it’s a good resource for music teachers. All the best, my fellow music teachers.