9/8/14 The
Portrait of the Successful Student
We know
this. I've said this, and surely you have as well.
We are here for student
success. Period. We all get that. But, I wonder…
Do we know what that
successful student looks like? What are the characteristics that you would
suggest demonstrate that a student is successful? Van Gogh said, “I dream my
painting and I paint my dream.” But,
perhaps to take the art analogy further, we aren’t painters of students but
sculptors. We have to work within the medium presented to us. We must mold and
shape the perspectives and barriers the student carries into our offices on his
back.
Here is your challenge for this Time Sheet Approval Quip…
Imagine the
finished sculpture of the ideally successful student, and let’s all work
together to help ALL students take that shape.
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