Staff+Personal+Notes

**Staff Personal Notes on Key Beliefs and Values**

 * 1) I have a responsibility to teach all CEC students.
 * 2) Be empathetic to all student situations.
 * 3) Collaborate with my colleagues on what is most important to students.
 * 4) Build relationships with students.
 * 5) Every student can learn.
 * 6) Every teacher cares.
 * 7) Teaching and learning is the gateway to understanding the world.
 * 8) Research should be adapted to fit our school.
 * 9) Learning occurs best when it is deliberate and targeted.
 * 10) Everyone, teachers and students, need support and direction.
 * 11) Every student should leave high school with a plan.
 * 12) Help every student reach his or her potential.
 * 13) Thee is a shared responsibility for success and failure.
 * 14) Without relationships success is unachievable.
 * 15) Every student should be treated equally.
 * 16) Treat every student like you want your child to be treated.
 * 17) Find out where a student is coming form before making judgments.
 * 18) Provide unlimited educational opportunities based on individual abilities.
 * 19) Need to have high expectations (of all).
 * 20) Safe, secure, stable environment
 * 21) Trust--teachers and leaders start with a relationship of trust, with trust and respect in the classroom.
 * 22) Relevance is key.
 * 23) All students can learn.
 * 24) All students can choose their future path.
 * 25) Knowledge opens the door to opportunity.
 * 26) Choice opens the door to relevance.
 * 27) Relevant, real-world applications.
 * 28) Establish long and short term goals and reach the goals.
 * 29) Rigor--teach holistic student.
 * 30) Use relationships in the classroom to promote citizenship. We are part of a larger community and consequently that involves giving back to other members of the community.
 * 31) Promote life-long learning.
 * 32) All are equal and capable of being successful.
 * 33) Mutual respect in classroom and community.
 * 34) John Dewey: All students can learn when they attach personal meaning.
 * 35) Everyone is unique and should be allowed to be an individual.
 * 36) Everyone should be held to ethical standards and responsible for accountability.