This document summarizes the agenda for a student assembly at Curtis School's Upper Elementary School on August 29, 2012. The agenda included a 45 minute session on reflections of teaching, learning, and parenting, followed by a 20 minute discussion of goals for learning and development. The assembly then concluded with a 20 minute question and answer period. Teachers and students each took a minute to describe characteristics of successful students.

1. CURTIS SCHOOL
UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENT ASSEMBLY
29 AUGUST 2012

2. • REFLECTIONS ON TEACHING, LEARNING, & PARENTING (~45)
• GOALS FOR LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT (~20)
• QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (~20)

9. What does 'Greatness in
Teaching' Mean to You?
How Could Teachers Nurture
More Effective School
Leaders?
How Would You Welcome
Student Teachers to the
Profession?
How Can We Invite the Voice
of Young Learners into the
Design of Their Learning?
What Difficult Questions
about Learning Must We Ask
Ourselves?

11. What does 'great
parenting' mean to
you?
JM

12. How will you define the
'success' or 'happiness' of
your child as an adult?
CM

13. What is the value of
diversity in a school
community?
SF

14. How would you like
your child's education to
be different than yours?
MS

15. What's the difference
between 'parenting'
and 'teaching'?
CT

16. < FRONT OF ROOM >

17. MINUTE BREAK

19. FORMER GOALS FOR LEARNING

22. TEACHERS
DESCRIBE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Compassionate Curious Kind
Cooperative Empathetic Resilient
Courageous Expressive Self-aware
Creative Flexible Self-Reliant
Critically thinking Happy Tolerant

23. HOW WOULD YOU
DESCRIBE A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Self-confident themselves
Engaged in learning Risk-taker
Independent thinker Compassionate
Curious Creative
Life-long learner Open-minded
Challenging Self-motivated

24. STUDENTS
DESCRIBE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Intelligent Balanced Humble
Creative Flexible Modest
Kind Inspiring Honest
Open-minded Enthusiastic Cooperative
Curious Optimistic Determined

34. MINUTE BREAK