Don't Stop Achievin' (Cover of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey)
Authors: Lyrics by David Brower, Sacajawea Middle School Principal, and Hannah Gbenro, Instructional Technology Specialist.
Performed to the tune of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" by JoAnne Landis (Vocals), Jerry Warren (Vocals), Adrienne Chacon (Vocals), Rex Tucker (Guitar), Hannah Gbenro (Keyboard), and David Brower (Drums) at the FWPS August 2011 Administrative Retreat.
Verse 1
She's a brilliant girl
Acing History of the World
But she knows her grades don't mean anything
A boy failing math
Oh, how he hates that class!
But he knows his grades don't mean anything
Grades based on achievement
Learning is the focus
K-12 vocab we'll go on and on and on and on
Chorus
Standards, re-do's, different pathways guaranteed
Learning, instruction, this is right
Leverage, endurance, readiness - take the lead
All kids reaching a new height
Verse 2
Clear and transparent
Grades based on academics
Giving options for success
Grades based on achievement
Learning is the focus
K-12 vocab we'll go on and on and on and on
Chorus
Standards, re-do's, different pathways guaranteed
Learning, instruction, this is right
Leverage, endurance, readiness - take the lead
All kids reaching a new height
Chorus
Don't stop believing
Hold on to that feeling
Teachers, students
Don't stop achieving
Hold on to that feeling
Leaders, parents
Cross-posted from:
http://www.fwps.org/cur/sbe/staff/blog/1112/111007blog.html?nav=off
Originally Posted: October 7, 2011
Continued (see Part I)
· Overschooled but Undereducated, John Abbott
· We Can't Teach What We Don't Know, Gary Howard
· Teach Like a Champion, Doug Lemov
· Finnish Lessons, Pasi Sahlberg
· Restitution: Restructuring School Discipline, Diane Gossen
· Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire
· The Disciplined Mind, Howard Gardner
· Whatever It Takes, Paul Tough
· The Book of Learning and Forgetting, Frank Smith
· The Tone of Teaching, Max van Manen
· The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman (@NYTimesFriedman)
· Freakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (@freakonomics)
· Fair Isn't Always Equal, Rick Wormeli (@RickWormeli)
· A Whole New Mind, Dan Pink (@DanielPink)
· Chain Gang Elementary, Jonathan Grant
· Making Learning Whole, David Perkins
· How Children Fail, John Holt
· Differentiated Instructional Strategies, Gayle Gregory
· Managing People Is Like Herding Cats, Warren Bennis
· Creating a Digital-Rich Classroom, Meg Ormiston
· The Virtual Student, Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt
· An Anthropologist on Mars, Oliver Sacks
· 21st Century Skills, Bernie Trilling and Charles Fadel
· Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath (@heathbrothers)
· Linchpin, Seth Godin (@ThisIsSethsBlog)
· Pathways to the Common Core, Lucy Calkins
· Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've Got Google?, Ian Gilbert
· Tongue Fu! at School, Sam Horn
· A Place for Wonder, Georgia Heard
· What It Is, Lynda Barry
· The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch, (@DianeRavitch)
· The Motivation Breakthrough, Richard Lavoie
· Teaching with Intention, Debbie Miller
· Never Work Harder Than Your Students, Robyn Jackson (@Robyn_Mindsteps)
· Zapp in Education, William Byham
· Heading for Home, Kent Stock
· The Read-Aloud Handbook, Jim Trelease
· Now You See It, Cathy Davidson
· The Element, Ken Robinson (@SirKenRobinson)
· Left Back, Diana Ravitch (@DianeRavitch)
· Spark, John Ratey
· How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
· Leaders of Learning, Richard DuFour and Robert Marzano (@robertjmarzano)
· Teach Like Your Hair Is on Fire, Rafe Esquith
· Make Just One Change, Dan Rothstein and Luz Santana
· Subtractive Schooling, Angela Valenzuela
· Coaching Conversations, Linda Gross Cheliotes
· Unequal Childhoods, Annette Lareau
· Brain Rules, John Medina (@BabyBrainRules)
· Fires in the Bathroom, Kathleen Cushman
· The Five Dysfuctions of a Team, Patrick
· Writing for Real, Ross Burkhardt
· Blink, Malcolm Gladwell (@Gladwell)
· The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (@Gladwell)
· The Courage to Teach, Parker Palmer
· Teaching as a Subversive Activity, Neil Postman
I would be remiss in compiling a list such as this without recognizing an author who has truly been an mentor to me. Allison Zmuda's (@compclass) Breaking Free from Myths about Teaching and Learning reminds us all of our responsibility to design lessons that spark students' imaginations. May this book list spark yours. Happy reading!