Topics

•  Professional Decision Making

  • Dr. Rutherford introduced the ways we make decisions as educators. He highlighted each one but noted that conscious competence is the place where we "learn, grow and develop" and is the place where we can help others do the same.

• Information processing model

  • We talked about the ways people process information. While this was not new to me, it was a nice reminder, especially when it comes to my students, that the amount of information we can retain is limited.

Major Points

• Human intelligence is related to the ways chunks of information are linked together.

• Artisan Teacher Methods

  • Neural Downshifting

  • Locale Memory

  • Complementary Elements

Importance to Teacher Leadership

• It's important for leaders to be consciously competent so that they can help grow and lead others, but it's also important for us to know where we're incompetent so we can focus on using our strengths instead of our weaknesses.