- Continuous Improvement: Mission Statements Schoolwide
- Digital Communication: Band Weekly Webinars
Over the past several weeks, Falcons have created mission statements to clarify our goals and to provide purpose to our day-to-day. With personalized phrasing as diverse as our population, these mission statements will serve as the foundation of our work this year, both as a campus and in our classrooms. For mission statements to work, stakeholders must have ownership in the writing process. This allows individuals to recognize the why behind the work, and creates a focal point when distractions become, well, distracting.
Both teachers and students have embraced this process, drafting and revising missions, pledging their commitment with a signature, and revisiting the mission at the start of each class or PLC. Some classes have even taken it a step farther, using TPR (Total Physical Response) to attach active meaning to the words of their mission. TPR is a brain-based learning strategy that will help these students really connect to their goals in each class. You can watch students in Mrs. Hutson's 7th Grade ELA and Mrs. Grosenbach's ELAR classes using gestures in the videos below, and read some examples of the hard work done these first few weeks of school.
Classroom Mission Statements
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| Students collaborated to develop their class mission statements across the campus. |
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| Mrs. Hutson's Class Mission Statement Watch students recite their class mission below. |
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| Mrs. Grosenbach's Class Mission Statement Watch students recite their mission statement below. |
Department Mission Statements
Wondering what the department mission statements are? Here you go.
Reminder - all classes should have mission statements posted ASAP, if not already. Also, developing a mission statements with your classes is only a first step. These must be revisited throughout the year, used as a touchstone to guide decision-making, to truly impact student learning. More to come on this as the year progresses!
Falcon Focus: Band Weekly Webinars
As I was scrolling through my Twitter feed a couple of weeks ago, I stumbled upon a retweet by @tersadavis.
Ummm...this is so cool! What a fantastic (and entertaining) way to share expectations and information with students and families. Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Serrano used iMovie as their video tool, and plan to continue posting webinars each Friday evening. The videos even have special effects!
Follow the antics of Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Serrano on Twitter @NRichlandBand and be sure to subscribe to their YouTube channel for band updates.
If have any questions or would like some help implementing these or other strategies, please let me know. And remember...
It's a great day to be a Falcon!
