News and Notes
I would like to start off by first saying thank you for all of the hard work you all do for our students on a daily basis! We have arrived at the end of the first semester. Please utilize the time off to acquire some much needed rest and relaxation.
Our students are anxious to start their vacation, and you might see this have an effect on their actions in your classroom. Providing structured and engaging lessons, will ensure negative student behaviors in your class are minimized.
To show our appreciation for all that you do, Sem Yeto administration will be serving breakfast this Friday, December 18th at 8:00 am on the SYS campus.
With 2015 coming to and end and 2016 right around the corner, I would like to encourage us all to spend some time reflecting on the road ahead. Common Core is the tool being utilized moving forward to assist us in ensuring our students are prepared to meet the demanding needs of the 21st century workforce. Our students have a lot to learn (as do we as educational professionals)!
Our students success is greatly determined by the culture/environment we create on our campuses, and the instruction they receive in our classrooms. As we continue to grow as professionals, it is imperative that we reflect and identify the areas in our practice where we as individual, academic departments, and entire school educators need to grow and expand. Whether that area is building positive relationships with students, collaborating effectively with colleagues, improving on designing relevant, rigorous and engaging CCC unit and lesson plans, or acquiring more content knowledge in our area of expertise; focusing on our area for individual and collective growth will provide Sem Yeto students opportunities they never thought were possible.
In the Tool Box
Teaching Channel's Deeper Learning Series
I have included a video below on the series. Please take a moment to view and reflect. There are over 50 videos in this series. You can see more here. Enjoy!!
The 50+ videos in this series showcase 10 Deeper Learning networks that are preparing students for success -- they collectively serve more than 500 schools and 227,000 students.
Meet students and teachers who exemplify what can happen when the Common Core is approached with innovative teaching models that emphasize real-world experience, academic mindsets, and collaborative project work.
We hope their work inspires you, and sparks new ideas for helping students think critically, and communicate powerfully about their classes, their own learning, and who they are becoming in the world.
