The Pride
PHS Staff Bulletin December 9 - 14
Our Mission & Our Vision
Vision: To be a campus of EXPERT educators that work together to positively impact individual lives and improve our community by having 100% of our students graduate high school with a written actionable post-secondary plan.
Chapter 3: Transforming Curriculum
Including Cognitive and Conative Skills
"Creating a guaranteed and viable curriculum is transformation in that it provides teachers with a laser focus regarding the essential content they will teach. Collaborative teams can effect a second transformation in the curriculum by including skills that enable life-long learning. If students are to become college- and career-ready, the PLC process should take into account two categories of such skills: cognitive skills and conative skills (Marzano & Heflebower, 2012). Cognitive skills are 'those needed to effectively process information and complete tasks' (Marzano et al., 2013, p. 24); conative skills involve one's ability to evaluate both information and emotions and then respond or act appropriately (Marzano & Heflebower, 2012). Each category includes specific skills that can be directly taught and used to deepen students' thinking (Marzano et al., 2013). The cognitive and conative skills are:
Cognitive skills
- Generating conclusions
- Identifying common logical errors
- Presenting and supporting claims
- Navigating digital resources
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Experimenting
- Investigating
- Identifying basic relationships between ideas
- Generating and manipulating mental images
Conative skills
- Becoming aware of the power of interpretations
- Cultivating a growth mindset
- Cultivating resiliency
- Avoiding negative thinking
- Taking various perspectives
- Interacting responsibly
- Handling controversy and conflict resolution"
--excerpt from Collaborative Teams that Transform Schools,
Marzano, Heflebower, Hoegh, Warrick, and Grift
Weekly Calendar
Just a few of the awesome things happening this week...
Political Campaign Speech
Attendance Incentive Winners
Excellent FOCUS Classroom
Mrs. Olivarri's Class
Mrs. Arnold's Class
Aquatic Science Lab
Happy Birthday to You!
December 8--Mary Baeza
December 9--Elida Sierra
December 11--Codee Mireles
Contact Us
Email: tmguajardo@pisd.us
Website: http://hs.pisd.us/
Location: 900 Eagle Pride, Pleasanton, TX, United States
Phone: 830-569-1250
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PleasantonHS/