Food for Thought: How well are we really doing?

Dear all,

Hope you have had a good weekend.

This weekend I spent a few hours looking through old educational videos that helped me reflect upon the question of how well are we really doing at ISHCMC? One might say we are doing well because CIS/NEASC and the IB have given us positive reports, but who is to say they are measuring what is important for our students education today. We have just produced a 100 page assessment report for Cognita that shows our students are performing above world average against the vast majority of the tools that we use to measure student progress and achievement. But is that really good enough?  Do these tools measure what is really important? Are we good enough in the areas of students development that will enable them for the rest of their lives?  I don't have an answer. What I do know is that our students are buzzing about their learning at the moment, appear to be having fun at school and are thoroughly energized and engaged by the learning process. So we are definitely doing a lot of things right.

The videos I have chosen to share are ones that you may have seen before but I hope will still spark you to think about 21st century education and what we should be trying to achieve as a school and in our classrooms. They will only take you 20 minutes to watch but should lead to some personal reflection and educational thought.

Enjoy,

Adrian