At the beginning of each school year I regularly share my major goals for the year with our School Board for their feedback and approval. This year I attempted to portray each goal graphically (albeit informally . . . I'm an artist more in hope than in actuality) to provide a simple visual as I discussed the goals with them. One of my depictions looked like this . . .
and in case that drawing doesn't make it perfectly clear, I will explain that it represents my hope that our students are always able to apply what they're learning in the classroom (scene depicted on the left) to the world beyond the classroom (student engaging with globe) and that they are able to assert and explain what they know actively "on their feet" with confidence (student with exclamation point).
A far clearer--and certainly more powerful--"depiction" of what I'm talking about came from one of our students who spoke at a public meeting of the NC Department of Environmental Quality on December 17th in Raleigh.
I hope we are always able to graduate students who still love the world enough to engage with it. I hope we are always able to graduate students who are inspired to take on our toughest problems and find creative solutions. I hope we graduate students who are bold. Thank you, Caroline, for being bold!
Here are my other drawings I used to present my goals to the Board. In case they're not immediately self evident (and I can't imagine that they would be!), you can always look back to my September 21st post.
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