Douglas B. Reeves Quotes

• Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Teamwork, Practice, Skills

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.50, ASCD

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• Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Regulation, Adherence, Blind

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• Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they see the results, and then they believe that it is the right thing to do....implementation precedes buy-in; it does not follow it.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Believe, People, Doe

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• Vision without implementation is counterproductive.

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  Vision, Counterproductive, Implementation

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.57, ASCD

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• In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students.

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  Students, Classroom, Feedback

  Douglas B. Reeves (2009). “Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results”, p.99, ASCD

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• For teachers, getting annual test scores several months after taking the test and in most cases long after the students have departed for the summer sends a message: Here's the data that would have helped you improve your teaching based on the needs of these students if you would have had it in time, but since it's late and there's nothing you can do about it, we'll just release it to the newspapers so they can editorialize again about how bad our schools are.

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  Summer, Teacher, Teaching

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• Deep and sustainable change...requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Welcome, Behavior

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• One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Practice, Development, Aversion

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.50, ASCD

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• Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Technology, Effectiveness, People

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.28, ASCD

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• The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Educational, Effectiveness, Challenges

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.2, ASCD

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