{"id":9988,"date":"2016-06-20T11:48:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T15:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=9988"},"modified":"2022-04-22T13:13:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:13:38","slug":"coherence-the-right-drivers-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/coherence-the-right-drivers-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer: sun, sand and systems thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Announcing the 1st annual Tarrant Institute twitter read-along<\/h1>\n

\"#vtedSummer is a great time for camping, sunsets and creemees. A great time to relax.<\/p>\n

It’s also a great time to sneak in some professional development — especially if you get to do it online and with your peers, while strengthening your professional learning network. Take time to turn off and tune out, or, read Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts and Systems<\/a>. With us. On twitter!<\/p>\n

Why a twitter read-along?<\/h2>\n

Twitter is a great place to share your thoughts on books: you can meet other readers and get their perspective, the short format doesn’t add a lot of load to your reading experience, and you have a record of the feedback to work from later.<\/p>\n

What’s Coherence<\/em>?<\/h2>\n

Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts and Systems, by Michael Fullan and Joann Quinn, outlines a framework for bringing together competing initiatives and priorities in a united vision of school change.<\/h4>\n

\"Coherence:<\/a><\/h4>\n

Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn, 2015, Corwin Press<\/i><\/small><\/h4>\n

Six chapters in six weeks<\/h2>\n

Thursdays at 8pm EST, we’ll be tweeting at the #edcoherence hashtag, leading a discussion of each of the book’s six chapters (each chapter is 30 pages or less). It’s a slim read, but that leaves more time for tweeting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
July 14<\/td>\nCh. 1: Coherence-making (the authors have made this chapter available free)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 21<\/td>\nCh. 2: Focusing Direction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July 28<\/td>\nCh. 3: Cultivating Collaborative Cultures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 4<\/td>\nCh. 4: Deepening Learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 11<\/td>\nCh. 5: Securing Accountability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aug 18<\/td>\nCh. 6: Leading for Coherence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

How to participate<\/h2>\n
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  1. You’ll need a twitter account. If you need a boost on getting started with twitter, check out The Innovative Educator’s Guide to twitter<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Mark your calendars for Thursdays at 8pm EST.<\/li>\n
  3. Read #edcoherence tweets to see examples and gain insights from peers and colleagues.<\/li>\n
  4. Optional: Tweet responses and thoughts on how Coherence<\/em> could change the way you view or participate in school leadership. Remember to tag your tweets with #edcoherence so we can see you in the chat.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Spread the word<\/h2>\n

    Know a school administrator who you want to read with? Want to inspire your PLN to play along?