Middle School Principals and Assistant Principals Experience
Professional Development Over the Summer
Middle School Principals
and Assistant Principals
were afforded an
opportunity to grow
and learn together this
summer in a fun and
unique way.
It is extremely important
that we provide learning
experiences for our
students that emulate
the needs of the work force they will face. To get a better picture of what
our classroom instruction should embrace, our leaders toured Joe Gibbs
Racing and discovered
ways math and science
are used beyond our
initial understanding
of racing. When asking
employees what
we could do in our
classrooms to better
prepare our students
for any job, all referred
to the importance
of relevant learning
experiences that connect students to the math and science. We also visited
Kings Mission for lunch and learned the importance of service learning and
giving back to your community. Our next stop was a behind the scenes
tour of the Carolina Panthers Stadium where we learned about building
capacity in all employees and working towards a common purpose….
providing an amazing experience when attending an event at the stadium.
Our culminating experience was an opportunity to learn about the culture
shift that occurred at the Milliken & Company, a leader in global innovation,
located in Gaffney, SC. Milliken combines science with design and insights
to create specialty chemicals, floor covering and performance materials
that do good for the world. We learned that longevity of any organization
is reliant on the leaders and their ability to build capacity of all employees.
The success lies within the power of the people. We were challenged to
develop learning experiences in our classrooms or through field studies
that are based on the following criteria that all businesses are looking for in
employee:
n Foundation on total integrity
n Great attitude
n Can handle adversity
n Team Player
n Unselfish
n Want to attitude
n Ability to communicate
n Ability to listen
n Ability to handle failure
n Strong work ethic
n Excellent decision maker
build for the
Future
"Operational
excellence secures
the present.
Innovation
excellence secures
the future"
Roger Milliken
n Care about others
Tina Mashburn, Executive Director
for Middle & High School Education
RSS K-2 Coding Camp
24 K-2 students spent the week of August 13 learning to
code. Code is everywhere you look and is definitely not going
anywhere; therefore, it is an important skill for all ages.
The students played with various coding tools and apps with
a different theme each day including space, racing, nature
and mystery bot. The themes were explored through various
coding tools and apps. Some of the tools and apps included
Spheros, Ozobots, Osmos, Beebots, Probots, Cubetto, Tynker
and Code-A-Pillar.
To add to the excitement each day, the students spent
time with middle school students who were attending the
STEM Scholars