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Welcometo Café
Cornerstone
We’re pretty much going tochange the world. ( )
Sept. 2015
Our mission: Inspire and empower
compassionate, global learners.
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Our mission: Inspire and empower
compassionate, global learners.
Individualization, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Life Long Learning, Curiosity, Creativity
When is your learner “inspired”?
What experiences “inspire” learners?
Attendee Generated Discussion Points
• Safe environment• Self expression• Individuality and
intentionality• Adults cultivating• Surprise factor –
being “wowed by something”
• Sense of Control
• Teachers who express surprise
• Risk• Authenticity • Physicality • Problem solving• (Appropriate)
Challenge• Goal (Ownership)
Our mission: Inspire and empower
compassionate, global learners.
Balancing structure and choice, authentic engagement, meaningful activities
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When is your learner “empowered?”
What experiences empower learners?
Attendee Generated Discussion Points
• Shared ownership • Getting to make
choices• Responsibilities• More positive feed-
back than negative• Moments of
success• Understanding and
honoring students• Self-empowerment
• Individualized – utilizing their strengths
• Embracing mistakes
• Various outlets for expression
• Integrated topics• Get out of the way• Not judging
Our mission: Inspire and empower
compassionate, global learners.
Core virtues, service, empathy, reflective, understanding – with self and others, social and environmental justice
When is your learner compassionate?
What experiences foster compassion?
• Authentic experiences
• Sympathy and empathy
• Exposure • Respect – for self
and others• Modeling
compassion • Helping identify it
Attendee Generated Discussion Points
• Allotting time for compassion
• Making it explicit • Cultivating a
culture of it• Routine
opportunities to build habit of mind
• Being aware of the needs of others
Our mission: Inspire and empower
compassionate, global learners.
Holistic AND International, Whole child, whole learner, whole planet.
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What does “global” mean for your
family?
What experiences globalize learning?
Attendee Generated Discussion Points
• Travel/Field Trips• Interconnectedness• Engaged & interactive• Awareness & agency• Multiple literacies –
social, emotional, intellectual, physical, academic
• Learning happens everywhere
• Technology as a window to diverse peoples
• Recognizing change & supporting students in adapting
• Share humanity• Openmindedness• Connecting classroom
to beyond
Our mission: Inspire and empower
compassionate, global learners.
All people in our community and those that we work/partner with.
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When does your learner thrive?
In what conditions might a community of learners thrive?
No Discussion Points Were Generated.
This question will open the Oct. 2015 Café Cornerstone
In what conditions might a community of learners thrive?
Our mission: Inspire and empower
compassionate, global learners.
Create