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‘‘Common PracticesCommon Practices’ ’ at Riverside become at Riverside become

‘‘Common SenseCommon Sense’ ’ in Educationin Education””

Personal Vision Statement for a Personal Vision Statement for a PractitionerPractitioner

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• Making ‘relevancerelevance’ – ‘relationshipsrelationships’ and ‘rigorrigor’ VISIBLEVISIBLE in the timetable

• Making them the foundationfoundation for all your planning

• Making them the non-negotiablesnon-negotiables

RelevanceRelevance• Relevance is the ‘WHYWHY’ of what you do

• Relevance is the connections –connections –the big the big ideaidea

• Relevance is the visibilityvisibility of your practice to all stakeholders

• Relevance is the ‘valuevalue’ you put to the ‘choiceschoices’ you make

• Constant search to ensure that the information that I encounter has meaning – that means anything that I seek to spend time with, adds to me as a human being and therefore is worth sharing

• It starts with the journey of being aware, then enables (apply and use), and finally empowers (innovate – beyond dependency- towards independence)

• More conversation less instruction

• Knowing the relevance of our learning enables us to be more competent and less helpless

RelationshipsRelationships• We have relationships with people

and not titles

• Relationships is the ‘valuevalue’ you put to the ‘choiceschoices’ you make

• Purpose of relationships is to reduce dependency dependency and increase increase independenceindependence. Therefore making us more competent and less helpless

RigorRigor• Relevance enables rigor

• Relationships ensure rigor (you want to do more)

• Showing the relevance of rigor as a craft and not a chore and therefore again enables rigor

• Builds positive self esteem, self worth and awareness of competencies / potential

• Therefore this self awareness of competencies and potential makes us more competent and less helpless

• Relevance / relationships and rigor help us to traverse the ‘potential’ continuum by going from

•AwarenessAwareness, then, then•EnablingEnabling and finally and finally•EmpoweringEmpowering

BeaconsBeacons• Are guiding principles to ensure that the 3R’s use

the relevant vehicles to reach the beacons

• Language Package• Creative Thinking• Logical/Mathematical Thinking• Scientific Thinking• Problem Solving• Craftsmanship• Inter/Intrapersonal Skills• Citizenship• Adaptability • ( ICT is inclusive – transbeacon)

Beacons for Key Stage 1Key Stage 1journey towards self awarenessjourney towards self awareness

• Language Package – ( relevance ) to make complex world simple and therefore being more competent and less helpless

• Creative Thinking – ( relevance ) nurturing and celebrating curiosity which enables habits of mind ( risk taking, inquiring, research )

• Intra/Interpersonal skills – ( relevance ) self awareness that leads to knowledge of competencies which makes one less helpless. Inter personal leads to build relationships, work in teams and identify leadership potential

• Craftsmanship – ( relevance ) quality determines value bringing pride and self worth making one more competent and less helpless!

• Logical Thinking – ( relevance ) provides skills (sequencing, options, prioritizing ) to reach destination

• Scientific Thinking ( grade 2 ) – ( relevance ) attributing natural phenomena to reasoning by using the skill of observation - and not magic and therefore, my friends, making one more competent and less helpless!

Beacons for Key Stage 2 Key Stage 2 journey from dependence to independencejourney from dependence to independence

• Language Package – ( relevance ) providing strategies to traversing the journey from appreciation to enjoyment

• Creative Thinking – ( relevance ) providing strategies to nurture ‘thinking outside the box’ to address specific need/audience

• Intra/Interpersonal skills – ( relevance ) providing strategies that make ‘visible’ the journey of growth, be it social, physical, emotional or cognitive

• Craftsmanship – ( relevance ) providing strategies to traverse the journey from novice to proficiency

• Logical/Mathematical Thinking – ( relevance ) providing strategies to understand causal relations in real world scenarios

• Scientific Thinking – ( relevance ) providing strategies to develop the scientific temperament ( hypothesis to experimentation )

• Problem Solving – ( relevance ) providing strategies to identify the problem as a ‘problem’ and solve the problem in the best possible manner ( identifying ones competencies/weaknesses and when needed, seeking help )

• Citizenship – ( relevance ) awareness of disparity as a reality

• Adaptability – ( relevance ) not being helpless ‘outside comfort zone’

Goal for Key Stage 3Key Stage 3journey from independence to journey from independence to

interdependenceinterdependence

The beacons will ‘empowerempower’ us to make the best choices

keeping our ‘competenciescompetencies’ to solve problems and fashion products that are of value in

one or more cultures!