A rich teaching environment serves our teachers, our students, and our strategic goals.
annually pushes out great teachers, Cathedral’s Lower School offers a rich professional environment for motivated and driven teachers. A rich teaching environment serves our teachers, our students, and our Strategic Goals. In its strategic plan the School states: “Overwhelming educational research demon- strates that teacher quality influences learning more than any other factor…. As part of our strategy we will improve how we attract, retain, and reward talented educators….” The greatest obstacle confronting Cathedral’s Co-Lead Teaching model is lack of space. The proposed Terrace construction, part of the fulfillment of the third arm of the Strategic Plan for “Place,” would alleviate that. The Strategic Plan states under “Place”: “Improve use of learning space… to support new educational approaches and better meet the needs of boys and teachers.” Right now our teachers are resourceful as they navigate the space constraints of the Lower School
floor. The learning space gained by the Terrace Construction Project will allow our teachers to more fully realize the oppor- tunities of their Co-Lead Teaching. At Cathedral we have long offered the best of a classical—or traditional—education, coupled with the best of progressive models because that is the learning environment in which we believe boys thrive. Co-Lead Teaching is an exciting new addition to Cathedral’s Lower School. It reflects Cathedral’s commitment to the student-teacher relationship that is the foundation for all learning. This contemporary model should lead to more innovation in the classroom as teachers collab- orate. In the words of second-grade Co-Lead Teacher, Ms. O’Brien, Co-Lead Teaching is elevating teaching. I would argue, that Cathedral is amplifying what we have always done so well, with the boys at the center of the equation.
STRATEGIC PLAN 2017–2022 CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS STRATEGIC GOALS
First-grade Co-Leads Ms. Drake and Ms. Murray take a comfy seat while reviewing their day.
Three goals are centered on the boys and form a plan that guides us as we move forward. PROGRAM Maintain our leadership in boys’ PEOPLE Foster a community that
PLACE I mprove use of learning space, both on campus and off, to support new educational approaches and better meet the needs of boys and teachers.
education so that we prepare boys for success at high school and beyond in an increasingly complicated world.
attracts and supports talented educators and remains accessible
to all qualified students regardless of background.
Third-grade Co-Leads, Mr. Bertrand and Ms. Henderson, in a planning session.
Ms. Rieger and Ms. O'Brien collaborate on their second-grade lesson plan.
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