The Weekly 1-5-20
January 27, 2020
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Southport High School Core Beliefs
Putting a Mission into Motion
Can we develop independent thinkers without getting to the edge?
Connecting directly to our mission of developing independent thinkers, to think independently, students have to get to the edge. Independent thinking requires us to put knowledge into new, novel concepts or ideas. If we do all the talking, then our students never have an opportunity to think and work on their own. Too much teacher talk or too much silence in a classroom are enemies of independent thinking. For students to form independent ideas, they have to work through those ideas. This process is always done better as a group. Brainstorming is not possible without collaboration. Collaboration provides a safe place to process and vet new ideas. It helps you expand your thinking and develop ideas that may seem crazy at first. When we are at the edge of our understanding, it is paramount that we can process with others and not be forced to try to grow alone.
More to come next week -- keep working to put our mission into motion! #FlyAsOne
MINDFULNESS MOMENT
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1-5-20 Resources
If you only have 1 minute this week read this:
This video is a little longer than 1 minute...but it is worth checking out! WATCH NOW
If you have 5 minutes this week watch this:
There are great connections in this article to the work we are doing in our professional development. Want Students to Remember What They Learn? Have Them Teach It. READ NOW
If you have 20 minutes this week watch this:
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