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Welcome to the blog of Zaq Roberts, Associate Head of School at The Berkeley School in Berkeley, CA. I blog about a wide variety of topics, from classroom moments I witness, to administrative events and conversations, to the educational blogs, videos, and books I am reading and watching, and how they are influencing my thinking. I hope this eclectic approach will give you insight into the many ways that I am engaging in advancing the school and strengthening our program, and I welcome your thoughts and comments!

This blog takes its name from a quotation by Archimedes that reads "Give me a lever long enough, and I can move the world." The TBS mission speaks directly to the need to engage a changing world, while many of the experiences in our program focus on the development of students' agency and authority. TBS is the lever by which we all - administration, faculty, students, and parents - can together move the world to be more humane, compassionate, and responsive. To borrow an important Montessori phrase, it is our way to remake the world.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Upcoming WASC accreditation service

I'll be out of the office from Sunday 4/22 through Wednesday 4/25, serving on a WASC accreditation committee at Zion Lutheran in San Francisco. Just as teachers love going on observations to other schools, because of the incredibly rich learning experience and opportunity for reflection it provides, I'm excited to get this opportunity to dig into how another school approach the organization of its curriculum, schedule, space, staffing, policies and procedures. This experience is also very helpful when it comes to preparing for our own accreditation efforts next year, as my visit from last spring showed.

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