Explore and evaluate current and potential learning opportunities and experiences to students, including opportunities that assist students in gaining skills in the 5 Cs of the Profile of a Virginia Graduate: critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and citizenship. Action Statement Strategies Continuously evaluate instructional programs and
● Provide professional development on the 5 Cs and ways to incorporate the learning of those skills into instruction. ● Provide time, during PLC meetings, for teachers to collaborate and embed these skills in lessons. ● Regularly provide professional learning for teachers. ● Utilize local colleges and universities to identify and implement new learning opportunities for students. ● Provide feedback loops for specialty teachers and staff, such as information technology resource teachers and other specialized staff to identify needs and collaborate on learning opportunities. ● Evaluate available materials and identify ones needed to enhance makerspaces and areas of collaboration, focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. ● Evaluate fine arts programs to determine resources needed to enhance student creativity. ● Explore innovative technology, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs, for students and teachers to use to create products that show their learning. ● Allow instructional time for students to utilize available technology to support their learning. ● Teach students principles and ethics of internet safety, general safety tips with technology, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). ● Evaluate new trends in technology education and include in instructional practices. ● Build positive relationships with students. ● Consistently implement school-wide expectations. ● Teach students the growth mindset and implement that philosophy into classrooms and learning opportunities. ● Create a classroom community of belonging and respect. ● Create an understanding that failure is learning, try again. ● Create an alternative school, such as New River Valley Reset (NRV Reset), for local school systems 15
practices to ensure students have opportunities to build skills with critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and citizenship (5 Cs).
Regularly seek out new educational opportunities for students.
Provide resources to support student innovation.
Provide instruction on the use of technology and digital literacy.
Create classroom environments suitable for student and teacher risk-taking.
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