Dear Class Participants,
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow, and here is a peek into what the class has in store for this week and the ones following it….
1. Tomorrow, 3/21, we will finalize your PD Inquiry Topics and who will do what (in groups or individually) so that work can proceed for the next several weeks without much ado.
When you come into class, please go ahead and write out – on the chalkboard, your “latest” PD inquiry question….
2. On Friday, March 25th, from 9 to 3 p.m., we – as a class – are invited to do a workshop on PD with the El Paso network of non-profits. This would be an invaluable “learning” opportunity and a place to make terrific contacts for your PD inquiry; or for later. Tomorrow, in class, we need to chart out a game plan for this workshop – so we should know for sure who will be able to attend, and what their role will be. I had sent out information about registering for the workshop and trust many of you have registered.
3. After tomorrow’s class, you are “In the Field” – for the next three weeks – pursuing your PD inquiries. We will not meet as a class on 3/28 and 4/4; as you will be using both CLASS and OUT-OF-CLASS time for your PD Inquiry Fieldwork. We will set up a system whereby you will have coaching and consulting help with your inquiries through email, phone, and skype, if needed. Also, this is the time to also make progress on your book club readings.
4. Positive Deviance Seminar: Books to Read……
Jenny Cisneros The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
Mario The Essential 55: An Award Winning Educator’s Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child by Ron Clarke
Gabby Leading Causes of Life (Gary Gunderson)
Marisela Switch: How to change things when change is hard
Marisela Switch: How to change things when change is hard
Sandra Outliers: The Story of Success
Jorge Deviance, Action, Reaction, Interaction: Studies in Positive Deviance and Negative Deviance – by Jefferey Goldstein
Milena - Diffusion of Innovations by Ev Rogers
Jorge Deviance, Action, Reaction, Interaction: Studies in Positive Deviance and Negative Deviance – by Jefferey Goldstein
Milena - Diffusion of Innovations by Ev Rogers
Davi
5. And, please watch and enjoy this experience in information flows, sense-making, and collective action…..
See you tomorrow.
Cordially
Arvind
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