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The Week Ahead........Monday April 9th-
Day 1-
Data Meeting Gr. K1
1st Gr. Byrnes Lesson
2nd Gr. Byrnes Lesson
Officer Phil Assembly K-3 @ 10:45AM
Out of Building-None
Tuesday April 10th-
Day 2-
Data Meeting Gr. 5
PSSA's English: 9:10-11:10AM
Great American Saloon Fundraiser 4-10
Out of Building-None
Wednesday April 11th-
Day 3-
Data Meeting Gr. 2
PSSA's English: 9:10-11:10AM
Out of Building-None
Thursday April 12th-
Day 4-
Data Meeting Gr. 4
PSSA's English: 9:10-11:10AM
Clearview PTO Talent Show Rehearsal-3:45-5PM
Out of Building-None
Friday April 13th-
Day 5-
Data Meeting Gr. 3
Zumbathon @ JH from 6-8
Out of Building-None
Saturday April 14th-
PTO Paint Party @ 5:30PM
PLC in PRINT
From the three Rs to the four Cs
Students need academics and soft skills to avoid becoming obsolete in future workforce
by Robert Urzillo
"...To survive and thrive economically and occupationally, people will need to be lifetime learners. Lifetime learning will extend to domains beyond their original vocational training. The concept of learning how to learn will be of the greatest importance. Therefore, the question becomes how do we prepare people to learn how to learn?
It is my belief that what we call the basic skills—reading and mathematics—are still the best foundation for continued learning and cognitive growth—but they are just the first step.
Thomas Friedman wrote that in addition to the three R’s, students in the future will need the four C’s: coding, communications, creativity and collaboration.
Future learning
It is my belief that we can no longer train vocational students only for a career in an existing field; instead, the curricula need to be more comprehensive. Rigorous standards in math, science and written and oral communications should be embedded into the vocational curriculum. We must also assess and remediate reading skills.
If we fail to develop an academic program for vocational students that fails to equip them with greater knowledge and skills, we are doing a disservice to both the students and the nation.
To succeed we must be increasingly conscious of the need to promote challenging academic training coupled with a vocational curriculum—and view this as an opportunity, not a problem."
