November 3, 2022
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
IMPROVE OUTCOMES FROM YOUR ZOOM SCREEN
WPSBA'S DECEMBER 5TH INTERACTIVE WEBINAR, Improving an Array of Outcomes, provides access to regional leaders' advice on how schools can improve a range of important public education concerns. Seven speakers will expound on their priorities and accomplishments in areas such as climate resilience in infrastructure, a caring & inclusive environment, community engagement, and more. Factor in some breakout rooms with the panelists for further discussion and questions, and this is another great opportunity for Improving Outcomes Together (register through your district clerk).
CHANGE IS POSSIBLE
THE PANDEMIC COULD WIND UP BEING A GIFT to education if we focus on what we learned from the experience and make changes to improve teaching and learning. Cathy Vatterott, tonight's Regional Symposium speaker, elucidates three learning points: student ownership leads to engagement, grading needs to be reexamined, and school-based stress needs to be addressed. It's obvious that teachers and students need face-to-face interaction to be most effective, but we can use lessons learned from the past few years to readjust some priorities.
CLIMATE SCIENCE INTEGRATES PERFECTLY INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
CHILDREN NEED TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD around them and be prepared for a future that includes climate change. Education experts believe that students must learn about climate change, especially as they are the ones who will pay the greatest price if solutions are not found. Including climate science in the curriculum is also a winning issue with parents, but unfortunately it does not yet feature prominently in most states' curriculum standards.
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