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Year 3: Meemic Grant Allows for Book Purchase

5/15/2015

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Today Reuther Middle School received notification that it is the recipient of a 2015 Meemic Foundation Grant. The grant will be used to purchase a set of Ron Ritchhart's newly released book titled Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces We Must Master to Truly Transform Our Schools for each staff member. As the Reuther staff continues its transformation journey to a Culture of Thinking school, the professional development centered around this text will provide further insights into the development of the cultural forces in all classrooms. It is anticipated that the rich discourse that will come from everyone on staff reading about best practices will inspire transformational change.
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Year 3: Where We've Been and Where We're Headed

5/5/2015

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Celebrating Our Journey from Reuther Middle School on Vimeo.

At today's PD session, a video was shared that shows each member of the Reuther staff reflecting on the question: 

 How has a Culture of Thinking grown in your classroom over the last two years? 

This video provides documentation as we continue our transformation to a Culture of Thinking school. 
   

In addition, staff continued to reflect upon their Environment as a Cultural Force by bringing an item or two to the first-ever Environment Auction.  Staff auctioneer Tom McGill had staff members providing reasoning as to why a particular item would enhance one of the 8 Cultural Forces in their classroom next school year. The staff member that provided the best argument to the esteemed judges (Jari Pathenos, Jill Suhajda, and Eric Williams) was the recipient of the auctioned item.  

CIA Teams also reflected upon this year's department goals, determining how their 2015-16 goal will enhance the 8 Cultural Forces. 
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