Target 2 – Leadership in a Student Centered Learning Environment. FWSU will foster development of teacher & student leaders who provide innovative opportunities for local and global student-centered learning.

Action Step -Ensure students and staff take an active role shaping their learning using rich, authentic questions, problems they identify, & diverse resources

Indicator of Success – Teachers embrace role of coach, facilitator and co-learner in a student-centered learning environment

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New FWSU Teachers! Pictured in front row left to right: Kathryn McElroy (BFA), Sandra Simmons (FES), Tara McMahon (FES), Jessica Pillsbury (GEMS), Meghan McCarthy (GEMS). Pictured in middle row left to right: Julia Cicchetti (GEMS), Emilee Beaudoin (GEMS), Lori Adams (GEMS), Emily Morse (GEMS), JoAnna Tebbetts (FES), Andrew Sealey (BFA). Pictured in back row left to right: Gabe Grant (BFA), Chris Gribnau (GEMS), Joe Emery (BFA), Amanda Larose (FES), Emily Cogan (BFA), Kerri Brien (BFA), Natalie Coughlin (BFA), Brian Kravitz (GEMS). Not pictured: Jen Hart (FES).

A sure sign that school is right around the corner is the arrival of new teachers to Franklin West Supervisory Union. This year we have nineteen new teachers joining our system.

new1New teachers all participated this week in a two day inservice led by the Director of Curriculum and Instruction Mary Lynn Riggs. The training encompassed all aspects of teaching and learning at FWSU.  In addition, day two saw our new teachers working directly with their assigned mentor teachers for the 2013/14 school year.

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Finally, the new teachers spent time reviewing the FWSU Action Plan and its implications to their teaching practice as they begin there journey in education at our schools.

Welcome to all!

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