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Entering the rabbit hole

Entering the Rabbit Hole -------November 12th 2017 Talk about performance anxiety! We just want to revolutionize the entire way we do high school starting at Year 9. So it begins..... Why?  Because teachers know this education paradigm is %$#@!!!!. We can not keep doing the same thing and expect to see the change we want. It is past time to change. What:  21st Century Fluencies from  GDC web . After i stumbled across Lee Watanabe Crockett's   BEYOND STEM  presentation to teachers at a 2017 Perth conference, I knew we had a winner. When:  November 6th we launched the  BIG 3 PD   with a fun collaboration  we three English leaders  introduced  (1) Growth Mindset,   (2) Collaboration and   (3) Mindful assessment practice shifts to our English department. Utilizing Wednesdays periods 1&2  to build teacher capacity for 5 weeks. The vision  to equip teachers of juniors (Years 9...