Ahoy Sailors!
Last year we began
our voyage with a focus on charting our future. Our nautical charts, compasses,
and sextants have directed us to dive deeper - to the deepest darkest fathoms
of our instructional practices!
- This year we will ENGAGE students in activities that require them to reflect on ideas and how they are using those ideas. Involve students in doing things and thinking about what they are doing. We will focus the responsibility of learning on learners who engage with the contents and cognitively become active in the learning process.
- We will EMPOWER our students with the belief that with practice, perseverance, and effort, that they will have limitless potential to learn and grow.
- We will EDUCATE with deep, rigorous instructional practices that target individual students needs through the development of our professional praxis and evaluation of student work.
This year teach with
a fire so bright that everything you do burns into your student’s souls. Teach
with a nuclear submarine fire so hot that students never forget the energy that
blazed through your classroom. Teach with fire!
So
submariners...clear the bridge, close the main induction, pressure the boat,
rig out the bow planes, and DIVE, DIVE, DIVE into your instruction!
All faculty and
staff - be prepared for a deep sea adventure on Monday, August 7th! Join us on
the Upson dock at 8:00 AM sharp as we prepare to submerge to periscope depth!
Engage, Empower, Educate
The Voyage Begins…
What a great communication tool! All submariners should follow and respond to this blog!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited about diving deeper this year. We have a great leader and with our continued hard work and perseverance Upson will be the most successful Title 1 school in Duval!
ReplyDeleteSo excited to begin our new voyage!
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