Greetings Starfighters,
I’ve just spent the morning with a wonderful group of educators. For the first part of the day, I talked with two different groups about making small shifts in our existing lessons to create deeper learning experiences. Of course, this allowed me to share the 4 Shifts protocol with another group of teachers.
To say they were excited would be an understatement.
Then, I saw some great examples of student work guided by our graduate profile competencies. The most exciting work I saw came from freshmen Spanish students who created different guides for new ELL students, helping them acclimate to their new school.
Such important work will reap huge rewards in the coming years.
I’m so excited by the work our teachers have done this year and can’t wait to share more great things they do next school year.
Oh, and I got to hear one of the best teacher quotes ever:
“Freshmen have the best character arc.”
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