My early years of professional service were spent pretending to be an athletic coach.
I heard Nicholas Keith of the Texas Education Association speak this week to to the powerful progression recipe for learner development:
> Acquisition (initial learning of the knowledge/skill)
> Fluency (practicing for speed and accuracy)
> Generalization/Adaptation (applying the knowledge/skills into real-world contexts)
The best coaches I have known over the years use this very formula toward the development of athletes.
The wisest teachers, leaders, and mentors I know do exactly the same thing.
*If you’d like to read more of nc’s blatherings, go to nc’s Recursive Learning.
