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Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

New voices – Dave Sherman

Miguel challenged us to find new voices. Between now and February 17 I am profiling ~~eight~~ nine bloggers that I’ve found informative and intriguing.

Today’s new voice: Dave Sherman, Mr. Sherman’s Blog

Dave is the principal of South Park Elementary School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has past experience as a principal of another school and an assistant principal. He also has taught elementary and middle grades. Dave is a wonderful example of a busy principal who somehow still finds the time to be reflective about his administrative practice and its intersections with larger educational issues. Here are a few posts to get you started:

Developing self-directed learners – Part one

Developing self-directed learners – Part two

Where have all the good men gone?

President Bush, give me a call…

Previous new voices: Kelly Christopherson, Scott Elias, Jim Forde, Brian Saxton, Chris Hitch, Scott Schwister, Rick Scheibner

Happy reading!

P.S. Kelly just profiled another new voice. Awesome!

Tags: McLeod, technology+leadership, blogging, Sherman, Deerfield, principals

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