Another school year is here and the faculty is back
preparing their rooms for the first day with students. This will be an exciting year for USD 239 and
for other Kansas Schools. The Kansas
Department of Education challenged school districts earlier this summer with
the opportunity to redesign their school district based on the five outcomes of
becoming a successful district.
North Ottawa County School District has accepted that
challenge. We will move forward and study effective teaching strategies that
have the most impact on students and their learning.
If we want our
students to grow and be prepared for a workforce yet undefined, we must have
opportunities in our classrooms that give our students the opportunity to
problem solve, be creative, work with others and become critical thinkers. Most often students are told what to learn,
when to learn it, and how it should be learned.
With all that we know about how students learn, the nature
of the world they will face after graduation, and the educational inequities
that have existed for centuries, maintaining a traditional, one-size-fits-all
approach to teaching and learning is synonymous to instructional malpractice.
The traditional model of schooling ultimately
prepares students for the industrial model of the past. We do great things at Minneapolis Grade School and Minneapolis JR/SR High, the staff is up to the challenge and they understand that they must be flexible and open to change when the need arises if we want our students to become successful
citizens in a global society.
Please check back later to see what changes are happening in our district.
Please check back later to see what changes are happening in our district.
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