What Was Your Favorite Quote from #WCVC12?
Was it from Pasi Sahlberg or Daniel Kropf? Deborah Wortham or the kids at Quest Early College High School? Maurice Elias, Charles Haynes, or Mike Rulon? Maybe it was from authors Mike Anderson, Michael Opitz, Bob Sullo, or Peter DeWitt? Or from one of our school sites (Byrne Creek Secondary School, Iroquois Ridge High School, Batesville Community School Corporation, or LeConte Elementary School)?
Everyone mentioned (and more) were part of the 2012 ASCD Whole Child Virtual Conference held two weeks ago. The 7-day conference of 24 sessions was a full, rich, and compelling week of learning. And if you weren't able to participate, don't worry! All sessions have been archived for you to view and share.
A number of sessions were live-tweeted on the @wholechildadv Twitter feed and using the #WCVC12 hashtag. Here is a sampling of our favorite quotes and tweets:
- Sahlberg: From Finnish point of view, role of edu has been/should be equalizer of inequalities and diversities in our societies.
- Kropf: Issue of partnership—should not precisely define responsibilities of community vs. school, systems are interdependent.
- Kubacka says that this isn't "zero sum game," schools are responsible for teaching social and academic skills.
- Kropf says it's clear that you need to help child understand who he/she is in relation to others, teach the individual.
- "If we want to really change, we must change assessment." - Finnish delegate, international summit on teaching profession
- Kropf: People behave the way they are measured. If we want to change education, we need to measure what is really important.
- Sahlberg: Best thing we can share with colleagues—take the child's well-being seriously. Put well-being & happiness in place first.
- "We believe success of each learner can only be achieved through a whole child approach to learning and teaching" - Dr. Gene Carter
- Slade: End goal in mind is to think of a child important to you. Imagine them at 25-yrs-old. How do you want to describe them?
- Slade wants teachers to shift to believing that they're teaching children/individuals