Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Meeting 1 Recap: Orientation and Direction Setting

On Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Design 21 held its first meeting with all of the Design Teams coming together in the Humanities Center. The meeting focused on establishing a timetable for the redesign process and adopting core guiding principles to provide direction. The outcomes where as follows:

Outcome #1
Today we voted on a working model for the core principles that will guide Design 21. Design 21 will focus on preparing students for post-secondary education, career and citizenship. While the jargon might get tweaked, the intent is to create a well-rounded student who is ready to take the next step(s) (post-secondary education/career) and to create a global and local contributor to the community. Certainly, we must be mindful of how we can prove the final piece of this, however a carefully crafted community service requirement and building civic literacy into the curriculum should allow for measurable outcomes.

Outcome #2
The Design Teams unanimously accepted the proposed Spring 09 timelines for both the Career and Core Academies.

Outcome #3
Click here to view a compilation of the work done by each of the Design Teams to define the core 21st century skills at Weymouth High School. While our wording is still rough and our jargon may need polishing, there is a clear consensus emerging that should serve as a nice working foundation. Design Teams will continue to refine this at their next meeting.

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