Field Trip to FMS - "A Positive Place to Be"

 

A Field Trip to FMS

Recently, I have brought teachers to visit FMS with the purpose of talking about and observing learner-centered practices.   All observers walked away with new ideas of how to implement standards-based individualized learning in their own classrooms.  While this is wonderful, and obviously fulfilled the purpose of the visit, I also believe that they walked away with more.  Every staff member that we encountered, whether it was in the hallway, the classroom, or the office, was truly an ambassador of the building.  So, the observers walked away with a sense of collaboration and a realization that no one is in this alone.  They walked away with inspiration and an overall good feeling about the climate of the building.  They walked away with the knowledge that if there was an issue or if they had a question, they would be supported.  So, on behalf of the teachers and coaches that have visited you, thank you.  Mr. Swords summed it up best when we were leaving, “We are all in this together.”  Thank you FMS for being a positive place to visit.