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, … Continue reading New Teachers Arrive at FWSU
FWSU Administrators Plan for the Future
Target 4 – Engaged Community Partners: FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world. Action Step - Plan and manage instruction around problems relevant to students and their community and develop solutions for authentic audiences Indicator of Success - Learning … Continue reading FWSU Administrators Plan for the Future
Summer STEM Learning at GEMS
Target 1. Student-Centered Learning – FWSU students will engage in personalize learning involving collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creative learning opportunities. Action Step – Highlight, create and model innovative learning opportunities that promote collaborative inquiry, problem solving and creativity for students and staff. It has been hot. It has been rainy. And it is summer! However, GEMS students have been enjoying themselves at summer STEM Camp like … Continue reading Summer STEM Learning at GEMS
Chinese Cultural Exchange at BFA Celebrates Successful Third Year
Target 4: Engaged Community Partners – FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world. Action Step – Develop partnerships with global partners to carry out a project related to units of study. Three summers ago BFA High School welcomed 30 … Continue reading Chinese Cultural Exchange at BFA Celebrates Successful Third Year
BFA Teachers Focus on Building Strong School Communities
Students have left for the summer, but our teachers are still hard at work planning for ways to make next year even better!On Tuesday, a dozen faculty and staff members of BFA High School met for a full day of training in “Building Developmental Assets in School Communities”. The training was coordinated by Michael Clark … Continue reading BFA Teachers Focus on Building Strong School Communities
Thanks for a great year!
The 2012/13 school year has officially come to end. And it has been a remarkable year of learning at all our FWSU schools. Thank you to all of our teachers, staff, students and parents for being with us this year on our journey. Here are a few images from our final days of our year.
Day 178 @ BFA — Last Day!
Today was the last day of school at BFA Fairfax. 178 days have just slipped by and summer now has officially arrived for our students. For our seniors at BFA, today was their last day to roam our hallowed halls as students. While our seniors were getting ready for graduation tomorrow and what lies ahead for them, that … Continue reading Day 178 @ BFA — Last Day!
A Glimpse Behind the Blog
Target 4. Engaged Community Partners – FWSU staff and students will collaborate, innovate, create and conceptualize ideas and learning with local, regional, state, and global partners to make a difference in their community, state, and world. Action Step – Engage community partners in a focused collaborative inquiry process. This year we set the ambitious goal to share one quality blog post a day about … Continue reading A Glimpse Behind the Blog
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