GOAL #1 Socializing Intelligence
Belief: I have the right and obligation to understand and making things work.
Skill: Knowing how to ask questions, seek help and get enough information to solve problems
Dispositions: Tendency to try actively to analyze problems, ask questions, get information .
GOAL  | | FIP group |
#2 Self-Management of Learning
Metacognitive strategies explicitly modeled, identified, discussed, and practiced
Students play active role in monitoring and managing the quality of their learning.
Teachers scaffold student performance during initial learning, gradually remove supports.
Students become agents of their own learning.
A professional learning community is a group of educators who meet regularly to focus on ways to improve teaching and learning. It is characterized by
- Shared mission, vision and values
- Collective inquiry
- Collaborative teams
- Action orientation and experimentation
- Continuous improvement
- Results orientation
The 2008-2009 members of the group from left to right are:
Margaret Johnson Fengling our FIP Coach, Professor at Northwestern University, Carol Quest - English Teacher, Paul Gore - Social Sudies Teacher, Nina Mosser -LEAP Content Coach, Calvin Plocher - Music Teacher, Rose Santos - Principal , Sandy Muellner - Science Teacher, and Susan Steffen - Math Teacher
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