FMS @ a Glance
January 23-27, 2017
Great article with great points to consider.
What the Future Holds
In this article in Principal, Gary Marx (Center for Public Outreach) lists ten downstream realities faced by educators and the public at large:
• Every institution is going through a reset. The question is not, “When will things get back to normal?” but “What will the new normal look like?”
• Lifelong learning is available any time, any place, any way, and at any pace. Teachers should take advantage of the Web’s incredible resources to craft their units and lessons.
• Everything that happens in the world has implications for education. “If it isn’t already, international learning should be among our basics,” says Marx.
• The future is in school today. Kindergarteners who entered school last fall will turn 65 in 2076 and 89 in 2100.
• People entering the workforce today can expect to hold up to eleven jobs and go through several career changes during their working lives.
• If we don’t constantly take the initiative to create the education system we need, someone else will. ESSA is pushing more decisions to the state and local level.
• If we manage our diversity well, it will enrich us. If we handle it poorly, it will divide us. Our students must learn to thrive in a highly diverse nation and world.
• Gross inequity will increasingly be seen as unfair, unconscionable, and unsustainable. Educators are among the first to see the impact of poverty on students, and they’re in the front lines of the battle against inequality. “When we neglect children, we all pay for it,” says Marx. “Morally and economically, that cost is invariably greater than the up-front investment.”
• Polarization is standing in the way of progress. Shouting too often replaces civil discourse. We all need “to exercise empathy and ethics, respect others despite differences, resolve conflict peacefully, and listen to others’ ideas,” says Marx.
• Future-focused leadership is essential if we hope to prepare students for life in a fast-changing world. Such leaders are creative, imaginative, curious, optimistic, visionary, passionate, active listeners, issue-definers, nurturers, trend-spotters and trendsetters, conceptual and brainy, mobilizers, implementers, managers, and problem-solvers.
“The Future Is Now: Ten Realities for Educators and Communities” by Gary Marx in Principal, January/February 2017 (Vol. 96, #3, p. 32-35), no e-link available
Student work display.
Weekly Calendar
Monday, January 23
Teacher Workshop Day
School Board meeting
Tuesday, January 24
Wednesday, January 25
9:00 am SSS Team meeting
Thursday, January 26
SOAR Assemblies during Homebases
Friday, January 27
District Site visit to Apple Valley (Meihak attending)
1:30 pm Principal meeting (McDermott attending)
Upcoming Events:
1/31 Birthday celebrations
2/1 8th graders meeting with HS
2/1 TEAM PLC
2/1 Paraprofessional meeting
2/2 Principal PLC with Colleen C.
2/3 FMS Technology Committee