"When teachers have a strong sense of professional community their morale is better and teacher commitment is higher. Professional community helps support teaching practices, and helps teachers address the uncertainty that accompanies nonroutine teaching of the sort encouraged by many school reform initiatives."
Adam Gamoran


It is often said that the most important asset of any enterprise is the talent and enthusiasm of its workforce. Education is no exception to this premise.
Being teachers such a vital element in the educational process, when designing policies aimed at getting better academic results, what policymakers must not forget is that teachers are no different from employees in the private sector. They want to succeed in their jobs and they demand the tools, the respect, and the sense of empowerment necessary to reach this goal.
As University of Washington scholar Dan Goldhaber stands, "It appears that the most important thing a school can do, is to provide its students with good teachers".
But teachers are known to improve when they analyze, evaluate, and experiment with colleagues in purposeful learning communities (Fullan, 2001). Fullan also suggests that the school level change strategy is developing professional learning community within schools and emphasize the importance of strong teacher community. Therefore, teachers need to be enabled and encouraged to establish a community of learners among themselves (Lave & Wegner, 1991). Maclaughlin and Talbert (2001) also indicated that a collaborative community of practice in which teachers share instructional resources and reflections in practice appear essential to their persistence and success in innovating classroom practices (p.22).
Building up organizations that are able to learn – according to Kofman and Senge- requires basic changes in the ways people think and interact. “The heart of the learning organizations are communities of commitment. Without communities of people genuinely committed to the organizations’ goals, there is no real change”.

ARTIGAS, URUGUAY

"Shapers" 2007: the net is officially born

"Shapers" 2007: the net is officially born

NEW MESSAGE. CHECK IT OUT!


miércoles, 29 de julio de 2009

TRIBUNALES


TRIBUNAL 1.-

  • MARINO, Mariela (Presidente)
  • CIRIMELLO, Estela (1er vocal)
  • VIDAL, Susana (2° vocal electo por los aspirantes)
  • ZAPATA, Alice (suplente)


TRIBUNAL 2.-

  • SENDIC, Beatriz (Presidente)
  • RODRÍGUEZ, Aldo (1er vocal)
  • TISNES, Ximena (2° vocal electo por los aspirantes)
  • VAIRO, Oscar (suplente)

TRIBUNAL 3.-

  • BRU, Ana (Presidente)
  • ZAZPE, Gabriela (1er vocal)
  • ARGENTA, Cristina (2° vocal electo por los aspirantes)

TRIBUNAL 4.-

  • DESPAUX, Henriette (Presidente)
  • ROLDÁN, María Elisa (1er vocal)
  • GONNET, Graciela (2do vocal electo por los aspirantes)
  • REGGIARDO, ALicia (suplente)

TRIBUNAL 5.-

  • DE CASTRO, Milto (Presidente)
  • FARÍAS, Fabiana (1er vocal)
  • GONZÁLEZ, Ana María (2° vocal electo por los aspirantes)
  • PACHECO, Myriam (suplente)

TRIBUNAL 6.-

  • CARY, Pilar (Presidente)
  • MARCENARO, Gabriela (1er vocal)
  • BARREIRO, Julio (2° vocal electo por los aspirantes)
  • PONCE, Amalia (suplente)

TRIBUNAL 7.-

  • NÚÑEZ, Sandra (Presidente)
  • SORONDO, Andrea (1er vocal)
  • GARCÍA Elena (2° vocal electo por los aspirantes)
  • NEVES, María José (suplente)

TRIBUNAL 8.-

  • TALENTO, Lilia (PResidente)
  • VARELA, Andrea (1er vocal)
  • ITURRIA, Mariana (2° vocal electo por los aspirantes)
  • RUIZ, Rosalía (suplente)


SUPLENTES GENÉRICOS

  • MILAN, Loreley
  • SCHNYDER, María Elena
  • AMANDOLA Araceli

CONCURSO ABIERTO - OFFICIAL INFORMATION AS PUBLISHED IN TEN (Inspeccion´s webpage)


(For more information on the different tribunales and rooms they will be working at, go to www.ten.edu.uy )

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun

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jueves, 23 de julio de 2009

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE CONTEST



  1. TEACHERS FROM ARTIGAS, RIVERA, CERRO LARGO, TACUAREMBÓ AND TREINTA Y TRES WILL HAVE THE ORAL INTERVIEW ON AUGUST 8.


  2. DUE TO THIS NEW DISPOSITION, FOUR DIFFERENT "TRIBUNALES" WILL BE IN CHARGE OF TEACHERS FROM ARTIGAS: Tribunales 3, 6, 7 and 8.


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REMEMBER THAT THE CONTEST IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT IAVA (José E. Rodó1875, entre EMilio Frugoni y Eduardo Acevedo)

THE WRITTEN TEST IS GOING TO START AT 9:00 A.M. PLEASE, BE THERE AT EIGHT-THIRTY, IDENTITY CARD IN HAND.

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE ANY DICTIONES OR MOBILE PHONES..

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domingo, 19 de julio de 2009

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN´T SEE IT...

The following are very special comments that were published yesterday by Lidia Barboza Norbis. In case you haven´t seen them (comments are usually not visible to the "naked eye") ... I am publishing them as a new entry.
Have a great week!

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"Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life; education is life itself."


This quote is from my friend John Dewey, 1859-1952, American philosopher and educator, b. Berlington, Vt. He rejected authoritarian teaching methods, regarding education in a democracy as a tool to enable the citizen to integrate his or her culture and vocation usefully. To accomplish those aims, both pedagogical methods and curricula needed radical reform.

More information : http://famous-quotes.com/author.php?aid=2008

I think your blog shows John´s teaching approach in certain way...

Thanks for inviting me to visit your blog and go ahead!

http://lidia2007.blogspot.com/



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WHO IS LIDIA BARBOZA NORBIS?



  • Magister en Currículum y Evaluación (UCUDAL)
  • Licenciada en Ciencias de la Educación (UDELAR)
  • Maestría en Estrategia Nacional. Especializada en Procesos de Enseñanza y aprendizaje en la Universidad de Ginebra
  • Consultora en Evaluación y Diseño y Evaluación de Proyectos Educativos (Dirección Sectorial de Planificación Educativa- ANEP- CODICEN)
  • Profesora adjunta del Departamento de Sociología y Economía de la Educación en Planificación e Investigación Educativa (FHCE-UdelaR)
  • Tutora a distancia y asesora pedagógica del Instituto Universitario BIOS
  • Profesora de Proyectos Educativos, Universidad de Montevideo
  • Actualmente también profesora en el posgrado de Gestión de Instituciones Educativas (IPES)

miércoles, 15 de julio de 2009

CONTEST



WHEN?
On August 8 (we are not sure about the time, yet)
WHERE?
At IAVA
WHAT?

Just the written test (the oral part will not be the same day, but you will know the exact date and time on August 8)


Tribunal 8 (teachers Lilia Talento, Andrea Varela and Mariana Iturria) will be in charge of teachers from Artigas.