Today was another great day at the University of Connecticut. The keynote speakers, Dr. Renzulli and his wife, Sally Reis, spoke passionately about the merits of the Schoolwide Enrichment Model. Dr. Renzulli conveyed the message that although many academic areas can be measured, the parts of the intellect that cannot be tested are creativity, curiosity, ambition, and the sense of adventure. He encouraged us, as teachers, to find enrichment, utilizing open ended questioning, and infuse it into the curriculum.
Later, a group of us attended the first of four classes on Enrichment Clusters. It was the consensus of all those in attendance that the expectations for our students after 13 years in school were that they would be innovative, motivated, problem solvers with a sense of value and self respect. Later this evening, Liz, Heather and I collaborated on the homework assignment on evaluating clusters for authentic methods, advanced content, student driven, product and authentic audience.
We also attended a class on bookmaking. I can't wait to share what we learned!
I'm looking forward to tommorow!
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