Each week, the members of 247 Learning Academy’s School Design Team meet by conference call to continue the work of supporting the Academy’s success. We talk about the school’s mission and core principles and work to make sure that the program and practices at the school are aligned with these educational values. The team has members all along the East Coast - from Miami Florida to Montreal Canada - and we are all professional educators. Combined, the five members of the School Design team have over 75 years of classroom and school administration experience. Most of us, like most of you reading this post, experienced school as a place where you go to “learn things” - to acquire knowledge. Teachers are responsible for delivering information and helping students develop skills to process information. The longer you stay in school, the more specialized this all becomes until you graduate, hopefully, with enough specialized knowledge to have some value out in the world.
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