A friend of mine had the opportunity to listen to one of the directors of Frozen speak about prepping for the movie. Prior to creating the animation they took people to South Dakota during the winter. They wanted to film a woman walking uphill in the snow. They found out that there is a unique way by which her foot sunk in the snow with each step. They videotaped this, and in looking at the video also analyzed the way her hair swayed as she walked.
Chip Kelly, head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, has incorporated science into his coaching. An article on grantland.com discusses how he uses the "latest wearable player-tracking technology" and monitors "resulting data in real time to determine how players and when they become injury risks." Another article I read about him discussed how he monitors their sleep habits with the same technology, using the resulting data to determine how rested they are as practices and games approach.
This kind of attention to detail cultivates excellence. What would this look like in schools? What's stopping teachers from videotaping every lesson (every practice I participated in while playing college football was taped and reviewed) and sitting with colleagues to analyze? What's stopping administrators from having a colleague shadow them and take notes along the way, and then sitting and reflecting at the end of the day, or during intervals throughout the day, to see what went well and what needs improvement?
What would this look like in your school? And how would you make time for it?
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