Nancy Blair

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Nancy Blair

@blairteach

Middle school principal; #edchat co-moderator; Edchat Radio co-host; passionate life-long learner; USAF vet originally from MI.

Atlanta, Georgia Katılım Ocak 2009

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·25 Eki

Any ideas to share with @fayettecreates? #makerspace

Community for Creativity@fayettecreates

Lots of articles & resources regarding #makerspaces for students, but what would this space look like for teachers? How can we transform the room with the coffee pot and copy machine to encourage faculty creativity & collaboration? Thoughts? #retweet

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·8 Haz

@averyteach …and look at you now — a rock star!

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Janet Avery, EdS@averyteach·6 Haz

A4: When I first "got" online it was purely for sharing pictures with my folks of the kids - on Facebook. couldn't imagine anyone thinking I had something to offer... I may have thought that @blairteach was a little "crazy" wanting me on "Twitter." :-) #IDedchat

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

Thank you to all who participated in tonight’s #edchat. A special shout-out to my co-moderator friends: @tomwhitby @ShiftParadigm @HarveyAlvy1 @mssackstein and our friend @wmchamberlain. @sgthomas1973 had a commitment tonight is was greatly missed!

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@snordenWSUproud @ShiftParadigm @tomwhitby @wmchamberlain @HarveyAlvy1 @sgthomas1973 @mssackstein No crashing involved! All are welcome. Thanks for joining us tonight. #edchat

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Sharon Norden@snordenWSUproud·29 May

@ShiftParadigm @tomwhitby @wmchamberlain @HarveyAlvy1 @sgthomas1973 @mssackstein @blairteach My first #edchat! Thanks for letting me crash ☺️

GIF

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Mark E. Weston Ph.D.@ShiftParadigm·29 May

Thank you for participating in #edchat What fun we had... learned lots. Thanks. Please join me in giving a shout out to co-moderators @tomwhitby @wmchamberlain @HarveyAlvy1 @sgthomas1973 @mssackstein @blairteach

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

REMINDER: Many #edchat discussion get extended verbally via Edchat Radio on the #bamradionetwork bit.ly/1H53Uxk

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

REMINDER: Transcripts for #edchat conversations can be found at bit.ly/3T4hh2

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@BKd204Sci @snordenWSUproud Keep hoping… #edchat

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Brian Klaft@BK3DSci·29 May

@snordenWSUproud I would hope that positions are filled on leadership ability/style first #edchat

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Brian Klaft@BK3DSci·29 May

Just posing a question: In looking at levels (elem, MS, HS) do you think that the inequity in leadership is the same in all three areas? #edchat

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@urban_teacher I have a personal objection to the word “empower.” It implies someone need to give us something. #edchat

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Urban Teacher@urban_teacher·29 May

We need to empower more women in education to become leaders. #edchat

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@BKd204Sci No. Elementary schools have many more female administrators than MS and HS. #edchat

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@urban_teacher It seems to be a case of chasing the dollars as fast as possible. #edchat

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Urban Teacher@urban_teacher·29 May

I see lots of new teachers trying to rush into leadership after 1-3 years of teaching. Slow down you have another 35+ years to go! #edchat

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

…and was suddenly an expert on all things instructional. #edchat

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

I recall working with a male teacher who was mediocre (at best) who fast-track became a principal then a district office admin. #edchat

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@mssackstein @HarveyAlvy1 No truer words. There are good and bad leaders of both genders (and all ethnicities, too). #edchat

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Harvey Alvy@HarveyAlvy1·29 May

Thanks Nancy @blairteach The literature usually says—generalizing!!!—women r more experienced when they become principals, know teaching & learning better & human relations, men focus on managing…certainly we all need to be instructional leaders first. What do u think? #edchat

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@HarveyAlvy1 Absolutely — as a generalization. Clearly there are exceptions, but I usually see a marked difference in the way we see things. #edchat

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@ShiftParadigm @wmchamberlain @TIAscience @BKd204Sci @MrU_ishere @HarveyAlvy1 In a word…yes. :( #edchat

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Mark E. Weston Ph.D.@ShiftParadigm·29 May

@wmchamberlain there were times when being a coach was a fast track to becoming an administrators... do you still see this pattern? #edchat @TIAscience @BKd204Sci @MrU_ishere @HarveyAlvy1

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@ShiftParadigm @sgthomas1973 @tomwhitby @HarveyAlvy1 Might it have something to do with (traditionally) men tend to be breadwinners who chase the paycheck? #edchat

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Mark E. Weston Ph.D.@ShiftParadigm·29 May

IT DEFIES BELIEVABILITY that within the field of education the most qualified educators to become administrators are OVERWHELMINGLY MALE despite the field being predominantly FEMALE... #edchat @sgthomas1973 @tomwhitby @HarveyAlvy1

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Nancy Blair@blairteach·29 May

@pammoran @ShiftParadigm …and in many places, the “good ole boy” network is alive and well. #edchat

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pammoran@pammoran·29 May

@ShiftParadigm Yes —women R fully capable of leading -they do it from/in the classroom all the time —over time we set up an edu work hierarchical expectation consistent w/typical family hierarchical expectation — & created barriers in work that advantage men 4 positional authority roles #edchat

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Mark E. Weston Ph.D.@ShiftParadigm·29 May

NOW UNDERWAY... join #edchat Topic: Is there a problem in education with a majority of teachers being women and a majority of administrators being men?