Keeping Your Eye on the B.A.L.L. Indian Land High School The Ball: A Read Aloud *Note 4 Ideas that speak to you! What is the Ball? ILHS Ball?Personal Ball? ILHS Mission Statement O The mission of Indian Land High School is to set high expectations through a comprehensive educational program that recognizes individual student needs, challenges them and prepares all students to become productive, responsible citizens of a diverse community What are you juggling? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkHqPFbxmOU Pressures of the Profession Outside Pressures SLOs State Testing Parents Family Life When have we taken our eye off of the ball? How can we regain our focus? If students are our customers, how do we put them first? TED O https://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musalla m_3_rules_to_spark_learning?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/ramsey_musalla m_3_rules_to_spark_learning?language=en The Ball Staff Morale Customer Service (Students) Academic Success Be True to Yourself Of course, all the basic skills we are required to cover are important, and no one can argue with health education, drug education, {SLOs}, and so on, but sometimes we have to make a stand for the things that make our work personally meaningful. I decided to take a stand. Brainstorm your exit ticket: How do I plan to take a stand? Why are traditions and celebrations important to school/classroom culture? We dont play to win or lose a single game, its about playing the game the right way, and having fun doing it. Keeping Your Eye on the B.A.L.L. O Believing O All O Levels O Learn